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The principal of a central Florida elementary school was arrested this week and accused of holding a child in a room for 40 minutes, putting him in a chokehold and hitting him with a charging cable. Dontay Akeem Prophet, 33, who had been principal of the Destiny Leadership Academy in Ocala, was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment of a child under 13 years of age, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to the sheriff’s office, Prophet claimed the confinement was done in order to prevent harm to the child, which investigators do not believe. He told investigators that he was afraid to let the child leave the classroom because child indicated he would hurt himself, WESH reported. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Valerie Strong told the station that Prophet 'started touching the child and pushing on him, and it turned into where he started to physically abuse the child.
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