An Ohio teacher was robbed at knifepoint in her own home in November while she was on a Zoom call with a student and the student’s parent.
The Daily Mail reports that Amanda, a special education teacher with Kirtland Schools near Cleveland, was teaching remotely when she heard glass break downstairs. She reportedly joked to the parent that someone was breaking in. Moments later she says a man holding a knife was walking up her stairs, demanding her wallet and keys and threatening her.
The parent and student heard what was happening over Zoom and called police right away.
The New York Post reports that Amanda led the man downstairs and let her two dogs out. While one of the dogs went after him, she grabbed a pair of scissors and chased him out of the house and down the street, yelling for help. A contractor nearby tackled the man and held him until police arrived.
The suspect, identified by the Post as Charles, was indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on charges of aggravated robbery and felonious assault. The Post reports he had been out of prison for only 36 days. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley told WJW that he believes the suspect should be back in prison.
An indictment is a charge, not a conviction, and the case was still pending at the time of this report.
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