MARION COUNTY, Fla. — A former Marion County principal is set to be arraigned Tuesday on a charge of cruelty towards a child.
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Channel 9 first reported on Dontay Prophet’s arrest last month.
Investigators said he hit a student with a computer charger and put them in a chokehold inside a classroom at Destiny Leadership Academy.
Prosecutors have abandoned one of the charges Prophet was initially facing.
The state attorney’s office filed to drop Prophet’s charge of “false imprisonment of a child under age 13.”
He is now only facing a charge of “cruelty toward child abuse without great bodily harm.”
Prophet’s arrest came after surveillance video emerged from inside a classroom.
According to investigators, the video shows Prophet hitting a student with a computer charger.
Body camera footage captured deputies questioning Prophet about the incident.
The arrest affidavit alleges Prophet grabbed the student, put him in a chokehold, and restrained him from leaving.
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The affidavit also states the student tried to hide under a table, but Prophet dragged him out.
Prophet is scheduled to be in court at 9 a.m.
Channel 9 will follow in court appearance and provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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