Anthony Torres enters a no-contest plea in court Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, to a count of disorderly conduct for roughing up a student at Jimmy Carter Middle School, where Torres is a PE teacher and basketball coach.
Teacher pleads to roughing up student
Updated: Thursday, 04 Feb 2010, 8:15 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 04 Feb 2010, 8:15 PM MST
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A Jimmy Carter Middle School teacher on Thursday pleaded no contest to a count of disorderly conduct in a plea deal that keeps him out of jail for roughing up a student.
Anthony Torres, a physical-education teacher and basketball coach, had originally faced up to a year in jail for misdemeanor aggravated battery and cruelty to children.
Instead, he will have to take anger-management classes.
Last spring, Torres was roughhousing with a student and got mad at him. He chased the student through a crowded hallway and lifted him up by his neck.
Torres will continue to teach at Jimmy Carter.
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