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Coach fired for wielding meat cleaver at school

March 7, 2001
Web posted at: 1:28 PM EST (1828 GMT)

ROCKFORD, Illinois (AP) -- A coach has been fired because she tried to take a meat cleaver into school after an argument at a junior high volleyball game.

Toni Gay, a teacher's aide at the Rockford Environmental Science Academy, was arrested Saturday and charged with unlawful use of a weapon on school property and disorderly conduct.

"We never would accept such behavior from students, and we shouldn't accept such behavior from staff who are here to set an example," said Rockford Public School spokesman Jim Jennings.

Gay said things had gotten "just crazy" when she tried to take the weapon into Kennedy Middle School after exchanging heated words with a woman.

Witnesses told police the argument started after a referee disqualified Gay's team over derogatory comments a fan made to the official. Gay got the cleaver from her car but was stopped at the school door by a park district worker, witnesses said.

"I made a mistake," Gay said. "I had a really bad attitude."

 
 
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