Merrick, NY – Teaching Assistant at Two Yeshivas Arrested On Child Porn Charges

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    photo credit LI pressMerrick, NY – A teacher who worked at two Queens yeshivas and a Long Island elementary school was arrested after cops found child pornography on his home computer, cops said yesterday.

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    Two online tipsters told state police that Timothy Holt, 44, of Baldwin, sent child pornography over the Internet last month.

    Cops seized the divorced father’s computer and allegedly found nine videos and pictures depicting sexually explicit images of children.

    Holt, who pleaded not guilty to felony child-pornography raps on Friday, worked as a third-grade teacher’s assistant at the Birch Elementary School in Merrick and taught Earth science at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim and Yeshiva Tiferes Torah.

    “We are shocked and saddened by these charges,” said a Yeshiva Chofetz representative who would not give his name.

    State Police Inspector Carlos Ramos said there was no evidence that Holt had inappropriate contact with any of his students but he’s been fired from all three school


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    Mexico Flu
    Mexico Flu
    14 years ago

    That’s what’s called Chazir flu!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    That’s why it’s so important to have mandatory fingerprinting and background checks for all yeshiva employees. We have no idea who is teaching our children and who has access to them on a daily basis, r”l.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    “Holt, who pleaded not guilty to felony child-pornography raps on Friday, worked as a third-grade teacher’s assistant at the Birch Elementary School in Merrick……..”

    Son of a Birch!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    he has been judged tried and sentenced by the press!
    mazal the press cant hang him too

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    “limud zechus” “dan likaf zechus” yadda yadda. Come on Agudah, help this poor godol with his defense!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    wow he was teacher at chofetz chaim
    he totally didn’t look or act like a pediophile

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Shmuck. Didn’t he know you go to jail for stuff like that if you aren’t well connected?

    No money, no yichus, no friends amongst the ‘askunim. He’s going to sit for a long time.

    tzvi frankliner
    tzvi frankliner
    14 years ago

    “””Cops seized the divorced father’s computer and allegedly found nine videos and pictures depicting sexually explicit images of children.””” Just wondering is there any ongoing battle over child custody for his kids?????

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Fortunately, the charges here are not for abuse. They are for having pictures of child porn. Boys from one of these schools have stated that he did not do anything inapproriate in the classroom environment. This was stictly an “after school activity”. He is still a danger to society, but at least the boys have not been harmed.

    This man was a science teacher, not a rebbe, and he is not Jewish.

    me
    me
    14 years ago

    “Holt, who pleaded not guilty to felony child-pornography, raps on Friday, worked as a third-grade teacher’s assistant at the Birch Elementary School in Merrick and taught Earth science at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim and Yeshiva Tiferes Torah.”

    Where does he rap on Friday?

    joseph m
    joseph m
    14 years ago

    he was the best and coolest teacher ever and all of those charges are lies he was a good man and a good teacher he was and he will always be in our hearts.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    he was in my spanish class he was fun u guys should feel bad for us