A 46-year-old teacher was arrested Monday after allegedly strangling a 5-year-old boy at an Upper Manhattan elementary school, police and officials said.
According to sources, the shocking incident at PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School occurred just before 1:30pm and the injured students were taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
Police said the teacher, Anthony Wicks, was taken into custody and charged with endangering a child.
It is not yet clear what sparked the assault.
He is the latest New York educator to be accused of assaulting a child in a public school.
In September, a coach at James Madison High School in Brooklyn was charged with assault for slamming a 14-year-old student's head into a stairwell wall.
Manager Nicholas Nugent was allegedly furious after the victim fell asleep during a video review.
In March 2023, a 33-year-old teacher at David N. Dinkins School in Jamaica was arrested on assault charges for allegedly punching an 8-year-old student.
