Former New York Teacher Sentenced to Community Service for Illegally Vaccinating Teen

Former New York Teacher Sentenced to Community Service for Illegally Vaccinating Teen
A vial of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine sits at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The former New York teacher who was accused of illegally injecting her son’s 17-year-old friend with a COVID-19 vaccine on New Year’s Eve has avoided jail time, according to reports.

Laura Russo, then a science teacher at Herricks High School, was arrested on Jan. 1 at her Sea Cliff home, where the illegal injection took place. Nassau County police said they were notified after the boy left Russo’s home and told his mother what had happened.
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