Teen sentenced for attacking counselor at school

WHITE PLAINS – a 17-year-old Brooklyn youth was sentenced Tuesday in Westchester County Court to 10 years in state prison for attacking his counselor at The Lincoln Hall School for troubled youths in Somers.

Marcus Fraser was sentenced on his plea to attempted criminal sexual act in the first degree, a felony.

The charge stemmed from Fraser’s attack on his counselor as he was in her office to discuss a discharge plan from the school. At the end of the meeting, he shook the woman’s hand and instead of leaving, locked the office door, went behind her desk where she was seated and demanded that he perform a sex act on him.

When she refused, Fraser punched her repeatedly in the face and body, breaking her nose. The woman’s screams during the attack brought several co-workers to the door, which they unlocked.

Fraser fled the scene, but was apprehended by State Police.