This is not where I live now; I grew up in this area. I don't live all that far from there now. This article just depresses me. We need new laws in this state, to protect our children.
Ill. (STNG) -- A junior high school special education teacher was
charged Friday with abusing students -- including pushing them and
tying one to a chair -- in northwest suburban Schaumburg.
Patrick Edward McCarthy, 30, of 712 Longview Ave. in Palatine, was
immediately removed from his duties in the classroom as special
education teacher at Robert Frost Jr. High School, according to a
release from Schaumburg police.
He was arrested early Friday and charged with three felony counts of
aggravated battery and one felony count of unlawful restraint,
according to the release.
McCarthy was being held at the Schaumburg Police Department until a
bond hearing later Friday at the Rolling Meadows Courthouse.
McCarthy is alleged to have, on four separate occasions this school
year, pushed a student into a wall, pushed a student into a filing
cabinet, forced a student onto a piece of gym equipment and tied a
student to a chair, the release said. Three students have been
identified as victims.
On Sept.18, staff members at the school advised the principal of the
allegations. The principal contacted the Illinois Department of
Children and Family Services and Schaumburg police, and Schaumburg
Township Elementary School District 54 immediately removed McCarthy
from the classroom, the release said.
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