Now that October is here thoughts turn to Halloween and witches. A good time for teachers to talk about the Salem witch trials in 1692. But does that mean the teacher is a witch?
An adult education student at Taft Education Center in Ferndale, Michigan has been charged with threatening to burn his English teacher the day after he asked her if she was a witch.
The class Darin Najor was in had been studying the 1953 play by Arthur Miller, "The Crucible."
The play is based on the 1692 Salem Massachusetts witch hunts that was the cause of about 20 people being hanged.
On September 10, 20-year-old Najor asked the teacher if she believed in witchcraft. She told him the the play was about unjust persecution and she didn't believe in witchcraft.
Ferndale Detective Ken Denmark
told the Daily Tribune,
"The suspect threw his homework papers on the floor and declared it was all blasphemy."
Denmark added,
"The next day he came up behind her chanting what sounded like religious verses while she was working at her desk,"
He poured some type of liquid on her head and holding a cigarette lighter he said he wanted to
,"burn the witch."
Najor had some kind nonflammable liquid in a Gatorade bottle and said he was trying to purify the teacher with holy water.
After Najor fled from the classroom he was confronted in his car by another teacher and a security guard.
A 93-day misdemeanor assault and battery arrest warrant was issued and Najor was arrested Monday. He posted a $250 cash bond Tuesday, officials at 43rd District Court said.
His arraignment pretrial is scheduled for Oct. 23.
Michigan teacher attacked after being accused of being a witch
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