Jonesboro teacher arrested for putting ‘hit’ on student
November 16, 2009 at 10:10 pm by Patrick Saunders in NewsPolice have arrested Randolph Forde, a Mundy’s Mill High School teacher, for allegedly putting a “hit” on a student after an incident in which he asked the student if he was gay.
“‘[The student]’s attorney said the incident began when Forde called the student out of the classroom one day. ‘(Forde) asked him if he was gay,’ said attorney Terrance Madden. Madden said the student became angry at the suggestion and the next day the two had a verbal altercation. Weeks later, police said, Forde got a Mundy’s Mill student off a school bus and told him he had a hit on someone and needed him to take care of it. Officers said the student asked who it was and Forde said he would let him know. ‘The teacher held a piece of paper up with the victim’s name on it,’ said Otis Willis III of the Clayton County Police Department.”
Forde’s attorney’s response to the AJC:
“‘The allegation is he made a hit on him, but that was not what was said nor what was intended,’ Thomas said. ‘The student only complained after he was getting suspended.’ Forde asked the student about being gay after he saw the boy dancing inappropriately with another male student in class, Thomas said. ‘All of the students knew Mr. Forde was joking,’ Thomas said. ‘The other students said Mr. Forde always plays around with them like that.””
November 17th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
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