
Ex-Boston Public Schools science teacher indicted on federal child porn charges
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He pleaded not guilty to the state charges. He was ordered held on $50,000 bail. At the time, Boston Public Schools said Gavin had been placed on leave.
He now faces new and similar charges in federal court.
Gavin allegedly used the instant messaging app Discord to exchange nude photos with at least 20 girls, who were between 12 and 17 years old, who live in six states, as well as Great Britain and Canada, according to the US Attorney's office.
'It is alleged that, in these chats, Gavin disclosed that he was a teacher, engaged in sexual conversations and often asked the minors to send him pictures of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct – knowing that the children were underaged," prosecutors wrote in a statement released Friday.
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'The chats also allegedly included conversations in which Gavin expressed his sexual interest in certain students at Josiah Quincy,' prosecutors said.
At the time of his arrest on state charges, Gavin was placed on leave from his job at the school. Prior to that, Gavin was a 6thgrade teacher at the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School in Hyde Park and was former classroom aide at the Roland Hayes School in Brookline, prosecutors said.
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