Mom sees pics from perv teach
TAKISHA Randall’s casual glance at her son’s cell phone led to the daunting discovery that the 14-year-old boy was the victim of a sexual predator.
And the predator allegedly was her child’s math teacher.
“I immediately saw text messages and images, pretty disturbing images,” Randall said at a press conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Pausing repeatedly to fight back tears and build up enough strength to continue, Randall recalled how one night last month she went into her son’s room and saw the Lenox Academy Middle School student sitting on the bed staring at his cell phone.
The phone’s screen was filled with lurid texts and images allegedly sent by the teacher, Andre Braddy.
“I felt lost. I was angry. I didn’t know what to do,” she said Saturday at the press conference organized by Borough President Eric Adams. “I was pacing back and forth. Eventually I was able to talk to my husband about it.”
Braddy, 34, was arrested April 25 on sex abuse and child endangerment charges after police said NYPD detectives uncovered a month of sexual abuse between the teacher and his eighth-grader.
Braddy was released from jail Tuesday after posting $25,000 bail, according to court papers.
Prosecutors say that since March 19, Braddy had three sexual encounters with Randall’s son inside a classroom and a bathroom at Lenox Academy , which shares space with Public School 235 on Flatlands Ave. in Canarsie.
After Randall reached out to police, cops set up a controlled phone call between Braddy and the boy.
During the conversation, the teacher apologized for taking the boy’s virginity and asked if he liked the photos, prosecutors said.
Randall said the city Department of Education should be doing more to stop sexual predators like Braddy from being in classrooms.
“There has to be some questions answered,” Randall said. “As parents, we all have a responsibility to make sure our children are safe.
“I entrusted them with my (child),” she said, breaking down in tears again.
Adams called on the school to implement better policies to allow students to more easily report inappropriate conduct by their teachers.
“I’m in pain. My wife’s in pain. My family’s in pain,” said Marcus Randall, the boy’s father. “Who’s not in pain right now? The person who confused my son into falling in love with him.”