Varied reports came out this week about what exactly happened at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and 99th Street.
It was originally reported that at about 7:30 a.m. on Friday, June 8 near M.S. 137, a school crossing guard, Jillian Selby, 60, choked a 14-year-old student. The boy and his mother went to the 106th Precinct and filed a complaint against Selby, reports said.
The report from the district attorney’s office said Selby walked over to the boy, yelled at him, knocked his hat off and choked him.
Police said she was charged with assault in the third-degree, harassment in the second-degree, obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and criminal endangerment of a child. Selby was released without bail and is due in court on August 24, the DA’s office said.
Selby, however, said the boy had a knife and was yelling curses at her. “It didn’t happen,” she said. “I didn’t do anything to him.”
The marks on the boy’s neck were actually from a group of girls trying to restrain him from charging the crossing guard, Selby said.
“They were the ones who are responsible for restraining him,” she said. “So that’s exactly where he got those marks from.”
The case is being investigated by Internal Affairs, police said, as Selby is technically an employee of the NYPD. She is currently suspended while the case is ongoing.
Repeated calls to Selby’s lawyer for comment were not answered.
