A safety guard at Booker T. Washington Senior Excessive Faculty in Miami is going through critical costs following allegations of inappropriate conduct with an underage pupil.
Kayaun Kendrick Whitfield, a 38-year-old safety guard employed at the highschool, was taken into custody on Thursday, going through costs that embrace offenses towards college students by authority figures, false imprisonment, and little one neglect, as outlined in an arrest report.
In response to the report, the alleged incident occurred when a juvenile pupil requested a experience house and was picked up by the 38-year-old Whitfield.
Particulars of the incident
In response to the report, Whitfield made an sudden cease at a liquor retailer, the place he bought vodka and orange juice and provided the scholar a drink however he declined.
It’s additional reported that they then went to a restaurant and picked up meals earlier than stopping at an ATM, then drove to a parking zone at Traz Powell Stadium on Northwest twenty seventh Avenue, the report mentioned.
Reviews are that Whitfield advised the scholar to get within the again seat and after they have been within the again, Whitfield handed the teenager a $100 invoice.
In response to the report the scholar “questioned why he was giving him a $100 invoice after which noticed [Whitfield] then elevate one leg and seemed to be attempting to mount on high of him.”
Reviews additional reveal that the scholar ran out of the car and bought within the driver’s seat, then drove to his house.
The report acknowledged that after they arrived on the pupil’s house, the scholar mentioned Whitfield locked the automotive doorways and refused to let him out, whereas repeatedly asking if the scholar was going to inform his mom what occurred.
In response to the report, the scholar mentioned he was ultimately in a position to roll down a window and open the automotive door from the skin so he may get out and run house.
The scholar later advised investigators that Whitfield “was attempting to interact him into having sexual activity with him within the backseat of the car,” the report mentioned.
The $100 invoice, it was alleged, was provided as hush cash to make sure silence concerning the incident.
Even after the preliminary incident, the scholar claimed to have acquired a number of telephone calls from Whitfield.
This relentless pursuit prompted the scholar to dam Whitfield’s quantity, hoping to place an finish to the harassment.
The scholar additional reported that Whitfield got here to his classroom and tried to speak to him exterior.
The scholar then reported Whitfield’s actions to his mother and father.
Whitfield’s arrest
The arrest report emphasizes that Whitfield knowingly exploited his place as a faculty authority determine to interact in a romantic relationship with the scholar.
He additional failed in his obligation of care {and professional} supervision by permitting the underage pupil to drive and providing alcoholic drinks.
Whitfield was arrested and subsequently booked into jail.
In response to information, his bond has been set at $17,500.