NY Teacher Arrested for Trading Child Porn on Dark Web: Cops

A New York City teacher has been arrested for allegedly trading child porn videos on the dark web, the NYPD said.

Jonathan Schweitzer, 41, was arrested early Wednesday morning, police said.

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Schweitzer has taught at Belmont Preparatory High School in the Fordham section of the Bronx since 2008, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Education said.

“These are incredibly disturbing and saddening allegations, and Mr. Schweitzer was immediately removed from the classroom away from students,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “We will remove him from payroll and seek to fire him as soon as legally possible.”

Schweitzer had no prior disciplinary history, the spokesperson noted.

His attorney information wasn’t immediately available Wednesday.

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