He just learned a lesson. <\/p>\n
A disgruntled former Spanish teacher at a Westchester County middle school was charged with claiming he \u201chad a bullet\u201d for his former boss after getting fired from the public school gig.<\/p>\n
Samuel McVey, 46, a former teacher at Isaac E. Young school in New Rochelle, was busted Tuesday and charged with second-degree aggravated harassment for allegedly threatening schools Superintendent Corey Reynolds, New Rochelle police and sources said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Former New Rochelle teacher Samuel McVey is charged with threatening the schools superintendent. Youtube\/City School District of New Rochelle Case Law<\/p>\n
McVey allegedly made the threats on Feb. 5 that \u201cspecifically targeted\u201d Reynolds after getting the boot.<\/p>\n
He \u201cknowingly contact his former employer\u2019s secretary multiple times via email that he was \u2018coming to the building with guns\u2019 and that \u2018we have a bullet for Corey\u2019s head,\u201d according to the arrest warrant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defendant did so by replying to his termination letter that he was sent via email to his personal email,\u201d the document said. \u201cThe defendant did place the victim in fear for his safety and the safety of his schools when he was sent threatening emails by the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a letter to district parents this week, Reynolds explained \u201ca police presence\u201d at the school.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you may recall, an individual issued a threat against me several weeks ago,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThat individual has again contacted the school district and injdicated they are back in our area.<\/p>\n
New Rochelle Schools Superintendent Corey Reynolds was allegedly threatened by former teacher Samuel McVey. City School District of New Rochelle<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the threat was directed specifically toward me and not toward any school building, student or any staff member, we have partnered with the City of New Rochelle Police Department to request a police presence at our schools to ensure a smooth school day,\u201d Reynolds added. <\/p>\n
Police said McVey was arrested after cops executed the warrant at his home.<\/p>\n
In a bizarre rant posted on his YouTube channel Wednesday, McVey denied threatening Reynolds, calling himself a \u201cbig teddy bear\u201d and a \u201cgentle giant,\u201d and called local news reports on his arrest \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe point is, oh my gosh, now everyone thinks I\u2019m a violent criminal,\u201d he said while sitting inside what appears to be a passenger in a moving vehicle. \u201cOh my God, are you serious? I never even touched a gun in my entire life. Would I want to possess a firearm? No. I\u2019m not a coward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sources said Samuel McVey is a former Spanish teacher in the New Rochelle school district. George M. Davis Jr. Elementary School<\/p>\n
He said he would be attending law school next year, boasting, \u201cI will negotiate you under the table.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pleaded not guilty and was released pending a return court date next month, and was served with an order of protection to stay away from Reynolds, school board members and district properties.<\/p>\n
New Rochelle police said in a statement that the department \u201ctakes all threats seriously,\u201d but did not reveal the content of McVey\u2019s alleged threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He just learned a lesson. A disgruntled former Spanish teacher at a Westchester County middle school was charged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22958,57,9,11,10,49,51,50,209,5181,9336,58,1628],"class_list":["post-168009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-harassment","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-public-schools","tag-teachers","tag-threats","tag-us-news","tag-westchester-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}