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Ex-teacher sentenced
for sexually assaulting
student in Canarsie: DA
BY CHANDLER KIDD
A former teacher at a Canarsie middle
school will spend four years behind
bars for sexually assaulting a 14-yearold
student on seven different occasions
in 2018, according to Brooklyn’s
top prosecutor.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice
Jill Konviser slapped 36-year-old Andre
Braddy — a Crown Heights resident
and former teacher at Lenox
Academy Middle School on Flatlands
Avenue — with the four-year sentence
on Aug. 22 after he plead guilty in July
to second-degree criminal sexual act,
promoting a sexual performance of a
child and related charges in exchange
for the promised sentence.
Prosecutors had been fi ghting for
a fi ve-year sentence for Braddy, who
faced up to seven years if convicted at
trial.
“This defendant exploited his position
of trust to prey on a young student,
which is an unconscionable betrayal.
Schools should be safe havens and parents
must be able to feel that their children
are being protected while attending
class. I hope today’s sentence brings
some closure to the young student and
his family, and I remain steadfast in
my commitment to protecting our children,”
said District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
An investigation revealed that
Braddy, then 34, sexually assaulted a 14-
BY CHANDLER KIDD
Police are searching for the knifewielding
wacko, who attempted to hold
up a Sheepshead Bay gas station on
Aug. 16.
The thief pulled a knife and demanded
cash from a clerk at the convenience
store near Nostrand Avenue
and Avenue T at 5 a.m., but the employee
refused to hand over the dough,
and the crook fl ed northbound on Nostrand
Avenue, according to police.
Anyone who provides police with information
leading to an arrest can expect
up to a $2,500 reward through the
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program. The
public can phone their tips to (800) 577-
8477, log into the Crime Stoppers website
at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com,
tweet @NYPDTips, or text tips to 274637
(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confi dential.
SENTENCED: A Brooklyn Supreme Court
Justice sentenced Andre Braddy to four
years in prison for the sexual assault of a
14-year-old student.
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Offi ce
year-old male student on seven different
occasions in 2018 between March 19
and April 20 in his classroom and in a
bathroom inside the school, according
to Gonzalez, who noted that several assaults
occurred during school hours.
Braddy was cuffed after the victim’s
mother found multiple sexually explicit
photos and text messages on his phone
and notifi ed the authorities, according
to Gonzalez’s offi ce.
Cops seek thief in attempted
Sheepshead Bay robbery
The man who attempted to rob the Sheepshead
Bay gas station at knife-point. NYPD
/www.nypdcrimestoppers.com
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