Ignoring child victims is easy, absorbing truth is hard We knew we were missing an important part of the Tod Mell story. Last October, we had written about the arrest of this beloved long-time Lynnwood Elementary School teacher. Mell had been charged with a misdemeanor, endangering the welfare of a child, after a complaint was filed on Oct. 4 in Guilderland Town Court, stating he engaged “in unlawful physical contact” with a female juvenile at Lynnwood Elementary School eight years earlier. Mell struck a deal, pleading guilty, at the same time the arrest was announced and the complaint was filed. No one — not the police, the district attorney’s ... Continue reading... https://altamontenterprise.com/02072019/ignoring-child-victims-easy-absorbing-truth-hard
