Worker chokes special needs student at NY school for kids on autism spectrum: report

A 33-year-old worker at a suburban school for special needs kids was fired after being busted for allegeldy choking a disabled student at the Westchester County campus.

Jonathan Merceu was charged Friday with criminal obstruction of breathing for allegedly attacking the youngster at the Shrub Oak International School in Yorktown last month, lohud.com reported.

Yorktown police were called to the school, which educates children on the autism spectrum, shortly after 5:20 p.m. on Oct. 26, on reports that the student had been attacked by a staffer.

Cops determined that Merceu allegedly sought to “injure the student’s physical, mental and moral welfare,” according to the outlet.

He turned himself in to police on Thursday, and was also charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, a felony, and is due back in court Dec. 4.

According to News12 Westchester, the school fired Merceus following his arrest.

Yorktown police did not immediately provide information on the arrest on Sunday.