WORCESTER, Mass. -- A teacher's aide in Worcester's public schools has been arrested on federal firearms charges for allegedly driving to New Hampshire with three students to buy ammunition that was later used in a drive-by shooting.
Thomas Currier, 53, was arrested Thursday on a charge of being a felon in possession of ammunition. Currier pleaded guilty to armed robbery in the mid-1970s and served almost two years in a New Hampshire prison.
Currier, a teacher's aide at an alternative public school in Worcester, drove three of his juvenile students to New Hampshire on about Jan. 10 to purchase ammunition which was subsequently used in a shooting in Worcester on Feb. 2, federal authorities said.
"It is unconscionable that someone who is responsible for teaching and mentoring young students would transport them across state lines to purchase ammunition," U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said.
Currier will remain in federal custody until a detention hearing scheduled for Monday.
If convicted, Currier faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
Here is the link for the Boston Channel:Teacher's Aide Arrested On Firearms Charges
This is not a hill that pro-2nd amendment folks want to die on.
1) He's not a teacher, but a teacher's aide.
2) He's a felon
3) the ammo was used in a felony
"It is unconscionable that someone who is responsible for teaching and mentoring young students would transport them across state lines to purchase ammunition,"
This moron thinks the worst part about the whole fiasco was the mere possession of bullets, made even worse by the prospect of having a teacher (aide) facilitate the purchase. There was a drive-by shooting for bloody sakes. What a bunch of Mass-holes.