Raymond was arrested in April and charged with three counts of cruelty to juveniles after taping youngsters’s mouths shut for speaking an excessive amount of in school, Daily Kos reported. Just like his demeanor now, he defended his actions then, claiming they have been “disciplinary” and never abuse. In that incident, not less than three of the victims have been 13 years outdated.
However the incidents associated to this newest arrest contain youngsters as younger as 4 years outdated. In line with the press launch, in not less than one incident Raymond aggressively coated the mouth of a 4-year-old boy who would generally sit on the bottom and kick and scream.
“Because of the boy crying and screaming, Raymond allegedly positioned his hand over the boy’s nostril and mouth (stopping him from respiratory) to the purpose of him going ‘limp.’ A workers member advised Raymond to cease, after which noticed the boy ‘out of it and torpid,’ and ‘unable to face,'” the discharge mentioned.
It would not finish there. In line with officers, in a separate incident, Raymond allegedly dragged the identical little one throughout the ground by his ankles when he refused to go away the room him. He then proceeded to whip him.
“In one other incident, Raymond allegedly held the boy the other way up by his ankles and repeatedly ‘whipped him on the buttocks,'” police mentioned.
In line with the discharge, further witnesses are being interviewed as extra incidents are reported.
Following his arrest, Raymond advised a New Orleans tv station that he might be taking a voluntary depart of absence from his submit as headmaster. He additionally released a letter acknowledging the arrest and prices.
