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High School Athletic Director Comes Back From Dead To Allegedly Slap Security Guard
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Chris O'Shea
Published Jun 6, 2011
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Marshall Tames, a 67-year-old Athletic Director at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with assault last week for allegedly slapping a female security guard when she didn't let him pass a checkpoint at the school quickly enough. According to witnesses, Tames demanded that the guard let him through a metal detector, but when she instructed him to wait, Tames grew angry and slapped her.
Oh, and add this to the Tames mix: The guy could totally be a zombie. And not even one of those smug Park Slope zombies, he's the real deal. During a high school football game last year, Tames died of a heart attack, but was revived by a former Erasmus student.
A spokesperson for the Department of Education has said that no decision on Tames' future will be made until legal proceedings are finished, and that's probably for the best. Zombies—especially those who are fond of sports, apparently—seem to be pretty sensitive about being told what to do.
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