The arrest of David Ettlinger, a second grade teacher at Underwood Elementary School in Newton, is facing charges of possession of child pornography, indecent assault and battery on a child and posing a child in the nude, and this has understandably rocked the Newton community. Here are links to articles:

Ex-Newton teacher indicted on six counts of child assault from Boston Globe

“Ettlinger is now accused of assaulting three children in all, none of whom were his students. Investigators have now identified two alleged victims in Suffolk County and one in Middlesex County.”

DA: Newton Teacher Charged With Child Porn Took Secret Photos Of Students from CBS Boston

“Sources say the pictures were taken without the kids’ knowledge and they are of various body parts…The D.A. stresses the pictures are not pornographic and that the kids are fully clothed and he could not face criminal charges for them. At this point no student was assaulted.”

Mother: Babysitter Accused Of Sex Abuse Seemed Perfect from CBS Boston

“Isabel Stover admits when she hired David Ettlinger to babysit last October, everything seemed perfect. Not only was he a local teacher in town, but her 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son approved.”

Newton Teacher Facing Child Porn Charges Resigns from Newton Patch

Newton teacher joined child porn website in 2009, court documents allege from Boston.com

Newton Teacher Accused In Child Porn Case Advertised Self As Babysitter from CBS Boston

Newton Parents Look for Answers in Wake of Ettlinger Arrest from Newton Patch

Newton 2nd Grade Teacher Gets Arrested for Child Pornography from CBS Local Boston (video)

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