New Jersey father, son teachers arrested for child pornography
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A New Jersey councilman and his son — both teachers — were released from jail less than a week after they were busted for allegedly possessing thousands of images of child pornography in the home they share.
Despite living just 530 feet from an elementary school, Jeffrey, 65, and Steven Grossman, 24, were awarded house arrest Wednesday as they await their separate trials on charges of second-degree possession of child pornography.
The father-son duo were arrested and charged Oct. 12 with second-degree possession of child pornography after investigators found thousands of nude and sexually explicit images of children in their Tenafly home, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office alleges.
Over 1,000 depictions of child sexual abuse of boys generally between 10 and 13 were found in a Dropbox used by Steven, while over 17,500 depictions of younger prepubescent girls were found on Jeffrey Grossman’s devices, Assistant Prosecutor Gary Donatello said during a detention hearing, according to North Jersey.com.
The elder Grossman was in the midst of his 11th year as a social studies teacher at a Rochelle Park middle school, but also spent time working in high schools and elementary schools, his educator biography states.
Jeffrey, who currently serves as the Tenafly Borough Council president, also has a history of working as a defense lawyer for the City of New York.
His son works as a social worker by trade and frequently serves as a substitute teacher for the same K-8 district as his father.
Both were booted from their posts the same day they were arrested.
“The Board has immediately suspended both employees and directed them that they are prohibited from coming to the school for any reason and are prohibited from contacting any student or staff,” Superintendent Sue DeNobile told parents in a letter.
The father is now facing mounting calls to resign from his borough council position and to abandon his re-election bid for next month.
Judge David Labib ruled that the Grossmans could remain under house arrest, but restricted their access to their front yard and backyard from 8 to 9:30 a.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m., the times when students at the nearby Smith Elementary School would be arriving and dismissed from the building.
The pair are under strict guidelines and are not permitted to leave the home except to attend weekly pretrial monitoring.
They were also ordered to surrender their passports and prohibited from having internet access on any device.
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