Teh One Who Knocks
11-26-2011, 12:09 PM
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal
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A 62-year-old Jersey City man who works for Jersey City Public Schools was arrested Wednesday after a Ferris High School teacher accused him of grabbing her from behind and simulating a sex act on her, according to police reports.
Paul Hall, of Grant Avenue, was charged with criminal sexual contact. He is described in police reports as a “messenger,” and records show he makes $48,548 annually.
Police responded Wednesday morning to the high school, where the 40-year-old teacher said she was standing in the school’s main office about 15 minutes earlier when a male she had never seen before walked up behind her, placed his hands on her waist and “thrust his pelvis area into her,” reports said.
The victim spun around and said, “Why did you touch me?” to which the suspect replied, “Well, I’m not supposed to touch the flag,” according to reports.
A police report states that the suspect may have been referring to an American flag that was in the office near the victim.
Two witnesses who were in the office at the time of the incident told police they heard the victim objecting to the suspect “touching” her, and heard the suspect’s comment about the flag, but neither could see the incident from where they were seated, reports said.
Police located Hall in the Board of Education office on Claremont Avenue and transported him to the East District police station, where the victim positively identified him, according to reports.
District spokeswoman Paula Christen declined to comment, saying she had not heard about the arrest.
Hall was released from jail today after posting $250 bail, an official said. No one answered the door at his home this afternoon.
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A 62-year-old Jersey City man who works for Jersey City Public Schools was arrested Wednesday after a Ferris High School teacher accused him of grabbing her from behind and simulating a sex act on her, according to police reports.
Paul Hall, of Grant Avenue, was charged with criminal sexual contact. He is described in police reports as a “messenger,” and records show he makes $48,548 annually.
Police responded Wednesday morning to the high school, where the 40-year-old teacher said she was standing in the school’s main office about 15 minutes earlier when a male she had never seen before walked up behind her, placed his hands on her waist and “thrust his pelvis area into her,” reports said.
The victim spun around and said, “Why did you touch me?” to which the suspect replied, “Well, I’m not supposed to touch the flag,” according to reports.
A police report states that the suspect may have been referring to an American flag that was in the office near the victim.
Two witnesses who were in the office at the time of the incident told police they heard the victim objecting to the suspect “touching” her, and heard the suspect’s comment about the flag, but neither could see the incident from where they were seated, reports said.
Police located Hall in the Board of Education office on Claremont Avenue and transported him to the East District police station, where the victim positively identified him, according to reports.
District spokeswoman Paula Christen declined to comment, saying she had not heard about the arrest.
Hall was released from jail today after posting $250 bail, an official said. No one answered the door at his home this afternoon.