MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Charges will reportedly be dropped against a father accused of threatening to burn down his son’s school over its mask mandate.
Mark Polyakov, 37, made the remarks on February 8 during a text thread involving other parents whose children attend the Scheck Hillel Community School in North Miami Beach.
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In one post, Polyakov put up a picture of the school, along with the following: “I want to burn this school to the (expletive) ground. This is what they are doing outside forcing (expletive) masks 80 degrees. You cant be nice gets you no where.”
As a result of this post, Poliakov’s four-year-old son was expelled from the school.
Polyakov’s attorney said that the Miami-Dade prosecutors will be “No Actioning” (dropping) charges against him on Wednesday.
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Polyakov was facing 15 years in prison.
