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Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Threatening to Behead Student

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The 51-year-old teacher faces third-degree charges.

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A teacher at Warner Robins Middle School in Georgia faces charges after he allegedly threatened to behead a seventh-grader, local authorities said. Benjamin Reese is accused of calling a student antisemitic, threatening to slit her throat and telling her he’d “cut her head off.” The alleged threat followed a student’s complaint about an Israeli flag outside Reese’s classroom. The 51-year-old teacher faces third-degree charges of terroristic threats and cruelty to children.

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