Some sicko is posting ‘seeking personal cheerleader’ fliers outside high school
Several disturbing fliers seeking a personal “cheerleader” have turned up outside a Westchester high school, leaving students and their parents fearing that a pedophile is behind them, according to a report.
The fliers, posted on light poles near Roosevelt High School in Yonkers last week, say “Cheerleader Wanted,” CBS New York reported.
The person behind them, only identified as Wilbert on the signs, wrote, “I will pay you to cheer me on … while I exercise in my house doing push ups, sit ups and pull ups,” according to the report.
“Pay is $25 each hour,” the sign continued. “You get paid in cash immediately after your job is done.”
Lyrell Walker, a senior at the school, told the station, “I think they’re a pedophile.
“They’re looking for kids to do something that they should never do.”
She said her friends are wise to the fliers, too.
“They sent it to each other on social media, you see it on Snapchat all the time talking about who would do something like this? This guy’s crazy,” she said.
Yonkers mom Grace Tommins agreed.
“I think it’s creepy, and I think there’s more behind the push-ups and whatever else they’re talking about,” she told CBS.
A CBS reporter called and texted the number on the fliers but had not heard back, according to the report.
In June, similar ads appeared near the school, the station reported at the time.
“I am a licensed exercise fitness instructor,” those ads said. “I will pay you to videotape me with my cell phone while I exercise in my home doing push-ups.”
When CBS sent a text to the listed number on those ads — the same as the one on the fliers posted this fall — someone responded, “Hello, my name is Charles. What is your name, age and exactly where did you see the flier?”
When the reporter answered, “Yonkers, outside Roosevelt, Brian, and over 18,” he received no response.
Roosevelt Principal Edward DeChent told the station that the district made a “Connect Ed” call to all parents about the fliers — and warned the students over the building PA system not to respond to the fliers.
Yonkers police told the station that they are investigating. Though the wording on the fliers themselves are not illegal, police told CBS it is against the law to post fliers on city property without a permit.