An elderly paraprofessional was arrested Monday after allegedly shoving a teenage student inside a Brooklyn public school, law enforcement officials said.
Sources say Luis Benalcazar, 75, is suspected of forcing a 14-year-old student inside PS 373, also known as the Brooklyn Transition Center, on Ellery Street near Throop Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. has been indicted for.
Police said Benalcazar was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
Officials said the injured student was treated at the scene.
“This type of behavior is completely unacceptable,” city Department of Education spokeswoman Jenna Lyle said in a statement. “This employee has been suspended pending the outcome of his arrest, and if found guilty, we will seek his termination. Nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our students.”
The assault follows a series of violent incidents involving teenagers in the Big Apple last week.
Just last week, a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in the leg inside a Bronx high school, and a 16-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint in Sheepshead Bay.
Another teenager was slashed in the face in Fordham Heights, and a 14-year-old boy was repeatedly slashed by three other teens in East New York.
