{"id":2269796,"date":"2024-06-17T15:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeopardy-champion-turned-teacher-arrested-in-front-of-his-students-at-elite-private-school\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T15:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:58:35","slug":"jeopardy-champion-turned-teacher-arrested-in-front-of-his-students-at-elite-private-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeopardy-champion-turned-teacher-arrested-in-front-of-his-students-at-elite-private-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeopardy&#8217; Champion and Teacher Arrested at Elite Private School in Front of Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeopardy-champion-turned-teacher-arrested-in-front-of-his-students-at-elite-private-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2269796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Winston Nguyen, a \u2062former \u201cJeopardy!\u201d\u2063 champion turned math teacher at\u2063 the elite \u2063St. Ann\u2019s School\u200d in Brooklyn, was arrested\u200b in front of students due to a police investigation\u200b regarding the sharing of \u201csexualized\u201d images online. Nguyen previously gained notoriety for his appearance on\u200d \u201cJeopardy!\u201d in \u20642014 and \u200dsubsequently for a\u200c criminal conviction \u200binvolving theft from an elderly couple in 2017. \u200cDespite his \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-killed-more-people-than-the-zodiac-killer-he-was-just-released-from-prison\/\" title=\"He killed more people that The Zodiac Killer. He was just released from prison.\">past criminal activities<\/a>,\u200b he was \u2063hired at\u2064 the prestigious school in 2020. Recently, \u2064he was placed on \u2064leave and banned from \u200bthe school premises pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation. The incident \u2062has\u200b caused concern among parents \u2064and raised questions about the school&#8217;s \u200chiring practices, especially given \u2063Nguyen\u2019s criminal record and lack of \u2063prior teaching experience.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 17, 2024 at 10:15am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A former \u201cJeopardy!\u201d champion and math teacher at an elite New York City private school was arrested in front of students earlier this month in a police probe involving the sharing of \u201csexualized\u201d images online, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Winston Nguyen made a name for himself in 2014 when he participated in a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-mayim-bialik-says-host-tv-quiz-show-jeopardy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeopardy!<\/a>\u201d match and won.<\/p>\n<p>He made news again in 2017 when he was charged, arrested, and jailed at New York\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-male-inmate-rapes-woman-nycs-rikers-island-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rikers Island<\/a> after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly couple, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/08\/24\/home-aide-stole-elderly-clients-money-for-ballet-tickets-trips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite spending time in prison, Nguyen was hired in 2020 as a math teacher at St. Ann\u2019s School in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brooklyn-da-will-not-charge-man-shooting-attacker-crowded-subway-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn<\/a> \u2014 an institution that can cost students over $60,000 per year to attend, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/14\/us-news\/ex-con-jeopardy-contestant-a-math-teacher-at-elite-brooklyn-school-arrested-amid-explicit-pics-probe-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Convicted thief Winston Nguyen \u2014 a former Jeopardy! contestant \u2014 was arrested at St. Ann\u2019s School in Brooklyn Heights in front of a crowd of students.<\/p>\n<p>Source: New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ANjgvqhEu0\">https:\/\/t.co\/ANjgvqhEu0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @everywhere (@SizemoreSuzette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SizemoreSuzette\/status\/1802489416335737095?\">June 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nguyen has not been charged with a crime, but a school official told parents he had been placed on leave while police investigate him, according to a memo obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/math-teacher-at-elite-brooklyn-school-arrested-in-sexualized-image-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Headmaster Kenyatte Reid told parents Nguyen had been named as a suspect in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-baltimore-bridge-collapse-boards-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was informed this evening by the Assistant District Attorney that his arrest is in relation to an investigation that dates back to January 2024,\u201d Reid told parents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you watch &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221;?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reid later said that Nguyen had been banned from the school while the NYPD conducted its probe into him related to \u201cinappropriate sexualized images\u201d that might have been shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/snapchats-parent-set-lay-off-10-global-workforce-reduce-hierarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snapchat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No further details about what was allegedly shared were available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incident is very disturbing to all of us,\u201d Reid concluded on the matter. \u201cWe pride ourselves on our amazing faculty and a learning environment rooted in trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several people with children enrolled at St. Ann\u2019s told the Beast they were asking questions about how Nguyen was able to secure employment at the school with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-wokesters-want-empty-us-prisons-honduras-cut-murders-20-percent-will-build-20k-person-megaprison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prison<\/a> stint on his record.<\/p>\n<p>Nguyen had never taught before and was convicted of stealing from a couple in their nineties that he had been hired to care for as a home health aide.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said that throughout two years beginning in 2015, Nguyen wrote himself $200,000 in checks from the bank account of a 96-year-old blind man and his 92-year-old wife, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>He also charged another $100,000 on the couple\u2019s credit card and opened lines of credit worth $35,000 in their names.<\/p>\n<p>Nguyen covered his tracks by intercepting his victims\u2019 bank statements and altering them.<\/p>\n<p>He ultimately only spent four months behind bars as part of a plea deal, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/11\/26\/judge-tosses-suit-against-rikers-island-brought-by-ex-inmate-winston-nguyen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before the theft, Nguyen <a href=\"https:\/\/j-archive.com\/showplayer.php?player_id=9209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared<\/a> on two episodes of \u201cJeopardy!\u201d in 2014, winning one contest and bringing home just over $10,000.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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