INDIANAPOLIS — A former Indianapolis Public Schools teacher is set to plead guilty to felony neglect for filming fights involving students, with one recorded video capturing a 1st-grade student beating a special needs student.
According to Tammy Meyer of Metzger Rosta LLP, who has represented the family of one of the victims in the case, Julious Johnican is expected to plead guilty on Aug. 4 to neglect of a dependent, which is a Level 6 felony.
Alleged evidence of abuse
The case against Johnican stemmed from abuse allegations at George Washington Carver Montessori IPS School, where Johnican worked in the fall of 2023. At the time, allegations against Johnican were laid out in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of a special needs 7-year-old student against Indianapolis Public Schools, the district and administrators.
Johnican has since been charged with neglect of a dependent for failing to stop a fight that allegedly happened between the students in his classroom. It happened between September 2023 and October 2023. FOX59/CBS4 originally broke the story on April 17, 2024…