I must be totally sleeping on the job as I totally missed this. The story is from mid-August. One after another, well respected teachers with full background checks are being arrested. Did they suddenly make a wrong turn or is technology finally catching up with them? And who shows up in court in gym shorts? Most courts have dress codes. That could not have gone over well. On second thought, yes it did as he got to walk. Audacity.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...porn_cops_find_43_cds_wit.html?obref=obinsite
Prep school teacher nabbed for massive stash of kiddie *advertiser censored*, cops find 43 CDs with pics, videos
"An accused perv teacher who's worked for some of the city's poshest prep schools had a massive stash of kiddie *advertiser censored* on his computer, the feds said Thursday.
Authorities hauled 43 CD-Roms with illicit images and videos of children engaged in sex acts out of 28-year-old John E. Thomas' Harlem home.
He was to begin teaching Fifth Grade at the Bank Street School for Children in the fall; he had taught for the past three years at Horace Mann and Friend's Seminary before that.
He's been a camp counselor at the prestigious 92nd Street Y this summer and had clothed snapshots of children at his camp on his computer. The *advertiser censored* featured children around the same ages of those he taught and counseled.
Parents of kids at the camp were horrified...."
and
"Thomas was charged in Manhattan federal court with possessing child *advertiser censored* and released on $50,000 bail. He is also accused of swapping images with others.
Thomas appeared in court wearing a white T-shirt and dark blue shorts and was surrounded by friends and relatives, including his mother...."
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...porn_cops_find_43_cds_wit.html?obref=obinsite
Prep school teacher nabbed for massive stash of kiddie *advertiser censored*, cops find 43 CDs with pics, videos
"An accused perv teacher who's worked for some of the city's poshest prep schools had a massive stash of kiddie *advertiser censored* on his computer, the feds said Thursday.
Authorities hauled 43 CD-Roms with illicit images and videos of children engaged in sex acts out of 28-year-old John E. Thomas' Harlem home.
He was to begin teaching Fifth Grade at the Bank Street School for Children in the fall; he had taught for the past three years at Horace Mann and Friend's Seminary before that.
He's been a camp counselor at the prestigious 92nd Street Y this summer and had clothed snapshots of children at his camp on his computer. The *advertiser censored* featured children around the same ages of those he taught and counseled.
Parents of kids at the camp were horrified...."
and
"Thomas was charged in Manhattan federal court with possessing child *advertiser censored* and released on $50,000 bail. He is also accused of swapping images with others.
Thomas appeared in court wearing a white T-shirt and dark blue shorts and was surrounded by friends and relatives, including his mother...."
more at link