Cleveland High School Teacher Jeff V. Willis Arrested for Beating Teenager with Baseball Bat for Speaking to His Daughter

Cleveland high school teacher Jeff V. Willis arrested on assault and criminal damaging charges for beating 17 year old teenager with baseball bat for talking to his daughter.

Jeff V. Willis beats teen with baseball bat

Jeff V. Willis, a teacher with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, was charged with beating a teen with a baseball bat near his home. Willis, 40, was charged with assault and criminal damaging for allegedly smashing the front driver's side window of the vehicle in which the teenager was fleeing the scene with friends. According to Fox 8 Cleveland, Willis told authorities that he had told the alleged victim to stop speaking to his daughter. Willis told authorities that he saw a text message that day from the alleged victim to his daughter and he went to confront the teen.

Willis is an art teacher for Design Lab Early College, a program housed inside Jane Addams Vocational High School on East 30th Street, Fox 8 Cleveland reports..