Israel Matzav

Former Stuyvesant HS teacher wets his pants, gets busted for gun running

Former Stuyvesant High School teacher Theophilus Burroughs wet his pants on Tuesday night, when he was arrested for trying to sell weapons to undercover cops whom he believed to be agents of Hamas and Hezbullah. Burroughs said he had turned to gun running because teaching didn't pay enough (Hat Tip: Jammie Wearing Fool).

Theophilus Burroughs wet his pants when he was slapped with cuffs at a Bronx warehouse, where he was arrested in a sting operation, law-enforcement sources said. The seats on a van waiting to transport him to the 49th Precinct had to be lined with plastic.

The arrest caps a yearlong investigation that saw Burroughs allegedly negotiate the sale of firearms -- including AK-47s, assault rifles with scopes and .40-caliber guns -- during "deals" with informants in which he praised Hamas and Hezbollah and suggested killing cops and Jews, sources said.

"There's no good money in teaching," Burroughs once griped.

Burroughs, 49, a former Marine from Newark, was on unpaid medical leave from the Department of Education.

He showed up at the Westchester Square warehouse expecting to collect a cool $10,000 for a pair of night-vision goggles, two bulletproof vests and 200,000 counterfeit cigarette stamps, a source said.

Burroughs was instead hauled away by city and state tax agents, and investigators from the Bronx DA's Office.

He faces a slew of charges, including weapons possession and forgery, the source said.

Burroughs began his teaching career as a sub in 1992, and taught music at Stuyvesant in 2002 and 2003.

This guy is apparently a real piece of work - I wouldn't want him teaching your kids or mine. But perhaps he taught the kid whose picture is at the top of this post. You will recall that kid had thrown rocks at the police shortly before they grabbed him.

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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:31 PM