A Boston Public Colleges trainer is off the job after he allegedly engaged in “sexual communications” on-line with as many as six ladies throughout the nation, in keeping with authorities.
John Gavin, a 34-year-old trainer at Josiah Quincy Higher Faculty, has been positioned on go away after Brookline Police arrested him at his rental early Friday morning for allegedly exchanging express photographs with 12- to 17-year-old ladies on Discord, police mentioned in an announcement.
Not one of the recognized victims are from Massachusetts, police mentioned. Gavin had allegedly communicated with ladies recognized to be residing in Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.
“It is alleged that during some of these conversations, Gavin disclosed that he is a school teacher, enticed the girls to send nude photos of themselves, and sent photos of himself,” Brookline Police mentioned within the assertion.
Gavin is charged with enticement of a kid below 16, dissemination of fabric dangerous to minors, enticement of a kid below age 18 to pose in a state of nudity, and possession of visible materials of a kid depicted in sexual conduct.
The Brookline resident, arraigned in Brookline District Court docket on Friday, is being held on $50,000 money bail. If launched, Gavin will face a slew of situations.
They embody being positioned on GPS with an exclusion zone of the Josiah Quincy Faculty and required to remain away and haven’t any contact with the victims, and no contact/communication with kids below age 18.
Gavin could be required to give up his passport and never be allowed to go away Massachusetts, whereas not utilizing social media or purposes that enable for texting corresponding to Discord, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and TikTok.
Boston Public Colleges mentioned it took motion towards Gavin instantly.
“The safety and well-being of our students is always our highest priority,” the district mentioned in an announcement. “After learning about this arrest today, Boston Public Schools immediately placed the individual on administrative leave. According to law enforcement, the current charges are not related to BPS or BPS students.”
Gavin labored on the Roland Hayes Faculty in Brookline as a paraprofessional in 2020, from January via August of that yr, police mentioned in a launch.
The Academy of the Pacific Rim Constitution Public Faculty in Hyde Park employed Gavin as a trainer in August 2022, passing the entire faculty’s background checks, Government Director Farida Mama Graham wrote in a letter to households.
The college’s data “also show that no complaints were ever filed by parents, students or staff against this teacher during his time of employment,” Graham added. Gavin resigned final August earlier than taking his present place at Josiah Quincy Faculty.
“Incidents like these provide an opportunity to remind your children of the dangers of engaging in online chat rooms and other interactive platforms,” Graham wrote in her letter, “and to encourage them to speak up if they receive inappropriate communications from an adult.”
“We know this is a shock to our close-knit community,” she added.
