New Jersey teacher arrested in Atlantic City prostitution scam

Amanda Crafts, a 35-year-old computer teacher at Middle Township Middle School, has been arrested following an alleged prostitution and theft scheme at an Atlantic City casino hotel.

According to a criminal complaint, Crafts and 23-year-old Veda Engel met an unidentified man at Caesar’s Atlantic City. The man alleged that after being invited to a room at Harrah’s Resort, the women stripped him and Crafts pinned him down while Engel performed a sex act. The victim claimed that Crafts held him down so Engel could use his iPhone’s facial recognition feature to access his ApplePay account, subsequently transferring $1,250 through four separate transactions.

Crafts, who has since resigned from her teaching position, denies the allegations. Her attorney maintains that she did not participate in the theft, did not hold the man down, and was unaware of any alleged prostitution activities, stating she was at the scene “strictly to party.”