NY dad who police say was upset by swine flu policy pleads guilty to kidnapping superintendent
By APTuesday, November 24, 2009
NY dad pleads guilty to kidnapping superintendent
NEW CITY, N.Y. — A former New York City police officer has admitted he held a suburban school superintendent at gunpoint in June.
Peter Cocker pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of kidnapping before state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett in New City.
He faces five years in jail.
Police say the 37-year-old Tappan resident stormed into a middle school on June 9 and threatened to shoot South Orangetown Superintendent Ken Mitchell. Mitchell disarmed him and was not harmed.
Prosecutors say Cocker had a sick child and was upset over the school district’s swine flu policy.
Information from: The Journal News, www.thejournalnews.com
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