A middle school gym teacher who moonlights as a youth basketball coach in the Bronx was recently taken into custody after reportedly raping a 14-year-old student in December 2024, according to police and sources.
Jayvone Johnson, 34, was arrested on Dec. 21 — just two days shy of the first anniversary of the stomach-turning crime against the young girl, the NYPD announced Tuesday.
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Sources told The Post that the victim was one of the teacher’s students.
Johnson was a “physical education specialist” and middle school basketball coach at Icahn Charter School 2 in the Van Nest neighborhood, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Icahn Charter School 2 declined to comment on Johnson’s arrest, stating only that the school no longer employs him.
Johnson held both positions at the charter school while also acting as the program director for the after-school New York Junior Tennis & Learning program, which he oversaw until March 2024.
The alleged rapist boasted that teaching middle schoolers taught him “about patience and engaging the minds of the youth,” whom he hoped to help “get recruited at colleges of all types to pursue their dreams.”
“I believe that this will not only be a job for me, but a passion. “I want to recruit kids to places where I believe they can fit in and gain valuable experience,” Johnson wrote on LinkedIn.
The suspected rapist has worked in youth-oriented projects since graduating from Cazenovia College in 2013, according to his biography.
The NYPD stated that it publicized Johnson’s arrest to provide an opportunity for more victims, if any, to come forward.
Johnson was charged with rape, which in New York can result in a jail sentence ranging from 25 years to life.
The NYPD is urging any additional victims to come forward by calling the NYPD’s Sex Crimes Hotline at 1-212-267-RAPE (7273), the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also send tips by visiting the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or following X @NYPDTips.
