Awful: School teacher arrested for ‘raping 10-year- old student in his car’

A special education teacher was arrested after allegedly raping one of
his 10-year-old students in his car after school.

Anthony Criscuolo told the young girl's parents that she was being
given an academic award and so they gave him permission to drive her
to the fictitious ceremony.

Criscuolo, 40, taught special education to fifth graders at P.S. 386
in the Bronx and now the New York City department of education
announced plans to fire him as a result of the rape charges.

Charged: Anthony Criscuolo, 40, taught special education to fifth
graders at P.S. 386 in the Bronx and now he faces rape and predatory
sexual assault charges
Punishment pending: He faces rape and predatory sexual assault charges
following the alleged incident on Monday

To be fired: Criscuolo has been employed by New York City public
schools since 2002
The identity of the 10-year-old girl has not been released given her
age and the nature of the crime.

Local station News 12 reports that Criscuolo was arrested for first
degree rape and predatory sexual assault at his home in the Van Ness
neighborhood on Wednesday.

It is unclear how police found out about the assault, but it
reportedly occurred on Monday.
The girl's parents told police that Criscuolo sent them a letter on
official school letterhead asking for permission to take her in his
2010 Dodge Charger to the awards ceremony.

Scene: Criscuolo's Dodge Charger was wrapped in police tape on
Wednesday after police arrested him for raping a 10-year-old girl
inside the vehicle on Monday

Deceptive: Criscuolo allegedly sent a letter to the girl's parents on
school letterhead askingfor permission to drive the girl to a
fictitious awards ceremony
From P.S. 386, he allegedly drove to nearby P.S. 196 which is where
the assault is said tohave taken place.

News 12 reports that he has a long career ofworking as a teacher at
New York City publicschools.
His first position was as a substitute special education teacher at
P.S. 178 in February 2002, and then was promoted to a full time
position in 2003.

From there, he transferred to one other school- P.S. 498- before being
hired at P.S. 386 in 2011.
For now, Newsday reports that he has been reassigned to a non-teaching
position while the case is under investigation.