BREAKING NEWS – Decatur, Georgia – A Georgia teacher told police he stole a 9-year-old student’s violin because he needed money to pay for a $700 ticket. Citing an incident report, news outlets report that video showed 21-year-old Kalif Jones of Stone Mountain stealing the instrument from the cafeteria. It also showed the Brockett Elementary School teacher walking throughout the school with the violin case in hand before leaving with it. He was very defiant after his arrest, and refused to take full responsibility for his actions. “This not all my fault,” Jones said in a videotaped interrogation. “I blame the cop for giving me the ticket, my low salary that put me in a position to steal, and the pawn shop for accepting stolen property. But mostly I blame the student. I listened to him practice, and he was not very good, and I don’t believe he is going to get any better. Had I thought the student was going to become a gifted violinist sometime in the future, I would not have taken it, and neither would any other self-respecting teacher that appreciates music.”
