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Creepy Teacher Busted for Touching Teen in the Bronx


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 3, 2022


BRONX - A teacher at a Bronx junior high school was busted by cops for allegedly touching, ogling at and making inappropriate remarks to a 13-year-old female student.


Police arrested 38-year-old Paul Anthony Tyrell for allegedly touching and sexually harassing a 13-year-old student at J.H.S. 123 in Soundview.


Tyrell is accused of lifting up the girl’s sweater and staring at her. In another incident the teacher allegedly grabbed the teen’s buttocks.




In yet another incident Tyrell is accused of telling the student in Spanish, “you have a big ass.”





Investigators said the incidents took place between the beginning of October until last week.





Tyrell was charged with forcible touching, sexual abuse and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17.


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