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After-School Worker Arrested For Raping 14-Yr-Old PS 191 Student
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 21, 2015
Modified May 9, 2015
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Published Apr 21, 2015
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A man employed by an after school program at a Manhattan public school turned himself in to face charges that he allegedly raped a 14-year-old student.
The Post reports that Jamal Baughan, 22, "allegedly took his teen victim, a student at PS 191 on West 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, to his apartment April 11th, plied her with pot and raped her." According to WABC 7, Baughan allegedly "smoked marijuana with [a second student]. There is also an allegation involving a third student, but he is not facing charges in that incident at this time."
The rape victim's family said that Baughan claimed they were going on a field trip to the movies, so they dropped off the daughter at the school. The victim's father told NBC New York that "his family trusted Baughan, having run into him several times at P.S. 191." He said, "My daughter is only 14 and he's 22. Apparently the man had sex with her right in his room."
Baughan worked as an instructor by after school program provider Roads to Success; a Department of Education spokesperson told the Post, "This individual was immediately removed from the after-school program in response to these deeply disturbing allegations." And Roads to Success issued a statement:
"Roads to Success (RTS) provides after-school programs to young people in underserved communities. We have a strict, unambiguous policy restricting staff from contacting students outside of program hours. Our policies are in place to protect the health and safety of the children in our program. Any employee who violates our "No Contact" policy is subject to immediate termination.
"On Monday April 13 RTS learned that one of its staff members had inappropriate contact with two students outside of program hours. Based on what we found in our internal investigation the employee was dismissed.
"On Wednesday April 15 another allegation was made about inappropriate conduct between the same staff member and another student outside of program time. Because of the more serious nature of this allegation, the situation was brought immediately to the School Principal, the student's parents, and the police. We also contacted our oversight agency, The Department of Health and the program's funder, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.
"Because of the nature of the allegations we wrote to all parents in this After School Program to inform them of the staff member's termination, remind them of our "No Contact" policy, ask them to remind their children of the policy, and share any information that they feel we should know.
"RTS runs complete background checks on all staff members before they are hired. The background check of the staff member at issue here was clear. We find this news very troubling. We remain committed to providing a safe environment in our after school programs and enforcing the policies we have in place to protect your children.
Because this is an ongoing police investigation, we cannot discuss specific details of what may or may not have happened. We will cooperate fully with the police investigation."
The program is funded by the city's Department of Youth and Community Development, which said, "DYCD is disturbed by the allegations, and is working to ensure that the provider fully cooperates with the investigation and that appropriate actions are taken. Nothing is more important to the City than the safety and well-being of our young people."
Baughan was charged with second-degree rape and three counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child.
P.S. 191 is also known as the Museum Magnet School. It has over 500 students, from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
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