“Defendant asked the victim to come to class after school, which he did,” Norfolk Assistant Attorney General Brittany Carney was quoted as saying by NBC Boston. “While she was there, the victim reported that the accused locked the door behind her. “And when the victim sat in a chair, the accused started touching the victim on her shoulders, chest and between her legs”. A judge granted prosecutors’ request that Chen be detained on $ 10,000 bail and given a GPS bracelet that would exclude him from a school district. Chen is scheduled to return to court on Wednesday to post bail and have his bracelet placed, Trump said. Chen should also refrain from teaching or teaching to people under the age of 18 and have no contact with the victim or witnesses in the case. His next trial is on May 16, Traub said. Chen worked in Brooklyn schools from September 2013 until his resignation in 2018, police announced. He was also a teacher at Driscoll School and a seasonal employee at the city’s leisure department last summer, Brookline School Superintendent Linus Guillory said in a statement Tuesday. Recreation officials did not immediately respond to a search of Chen’s work there on Tuesday afternoon. Gilori said the district was “deeply concerned” about the allegations and was “committed to providing our full co-operation in investigating these allegations”, according to the statement. Chen also runs a private teaching company, School Beyond School LLC, “which could put others at risk,” and his arrest warrant was issued Monday night, police said in a Facebook post. However, most of Chen’s alleged attacks took place at the Heath school, police said. “The victim was 12 years old when the first incident occurred and most of the crimes reportedly took place in a classroom at Heath School in Brooklyn,” police wrote. Police began the investigation after receiving a report on March 10 from a resident who claimed that a victim had been sexually assaulted for a period of about two years from 2016 to mid-2018, police said. On Monday, investigators trained in sexual assault cases interviewed the victim, who “said her social studies teacher had sexually abused her for two school years, starting in 6th grade and lasting until the end of 7th grade.” wrote the police. Gilori said the district was informed of the allegations on Tuesday. Chen, who was 31 years old at the time the alleged abuse began, dropped out of Brooklyn schools in November 2018, according to the statement. “Our primary concern is always the safety and well-being of our students and school counselors are available to students as needed to provide support,” he said. The school district also sent a letter to the families and staff, calling the student who appeared “courageous”. “Our primary concern is the student who showed up with courage. “As you talk to your children about this issue, encourage them to uphold the privacy of the student involved, to refrain from speculation or speculation, and to show compassion and empathy,” the letter said. The incident remains under investigation, officials said. Anyone with information on this case or related incident is encouraged to contact Brooklyn Police at (617) 730-2222. Correspondent Jeremy C. Fox contributed to this story. You can contact Matt Yan at [email protected] Follow him on Twitter @matt_yan12.
