Amazon Teacher of the Year winner accused of preying on 14-year-old student
A former Massachusetts middle school teacher who received a national teaching award from Amazon is accused of raping a 14-year-old student and committing other offenses during the 2022-23 school year, prosecutors said.The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said 38-year-old Tymond Tran, of Hudson, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Essex County Superior Court to charges of rape of a child aggravated by an age difference of 10 years or more, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, exhibiting a child in a nude or lascivious pose, and distributing obscene matter to a minor.Prosecutors allege the offenses involved a then-14-year-old student while Tran taught eighth grade at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn during the 2022-23 school year.CALIFORNIA TEACHER SAMANTHA WATSON ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH STUDENT AT CHARTER SCHOOLTran remains free under strict court-ordered conditions while the case proceeds.Judge John C. Fraser ordered Tran to remain on house arrest with GPS monitoring except for emergency medical appointments, court appearances and attorney visits.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XTran must also have no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18, submit to random searches of his electronic devices, reside at an Attleboro address, avoid all contact with victims and witnesses, and possess no child sexual abuse material.TEACHER ACCUSED OF SEX WITH STUDENTS WAS ALLEGEDLY BLACKMAILED FOR BETTER GRADES: WARRANTSHe is scheduled to return to court Aug.
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A former Massachusetts middle school teacher who received a national teaching award from Amazon is accused of raping a 14-year-old student and committing other offenses during the 2022-23 school year, prosecutors said.The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said 38-year-old Tymond Tran, of Hudson, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Essex County Superior Court to charges of rape of a child aggravated by an age difference of 10 years or more, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, exhibiting a child in a nude or lascivious pose, and distributing obscene matter to a minor.Prosecutors allege the offenses involved a then-14-year-old student while Tran taught eighth grade at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn during the 2022-23 school year.CALIFORNIA TEACHER SAMANTHA WATSON ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH STUDENT AT CHARTER SCHOOLTran remains free under strict court-ordered conditions while the case proceeds.Judge John C. Fraser ordered Tran to remain on house arrest with GPS monitoring except for emergency medical appointments, court appearances and attorney visits.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XTran must also have no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18, submit to random searches of his electronic devices, reside at an Attleboro address, avoid all contact with victims and witnesses, and possess no child sexual abuse material.TEACHER ACCUSED OF SEX WITH STUDENTS WAS ALLEGEDLY BLACKMAILED FOR BETTER GRADES: WARRANTSHe is scheduled to return to court Aug. 26 for a pretrial conference.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSAttorney Megan Stanley, who represents Tran, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREIn 2022, Tran was named one of 10 recipients of Amazon's Future Engineer Teacher of the Year Award.
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- A former Massachusetts middle school teacher who received a national teaching award from Amazon is accused of raping a 14-year-old student and committing other offenses during the 2022-23 school year, prosecutors said.The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said 38-year-old Tymond Tran, of Hudson, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Essex County Superior Court to charges of rape of a child aggravated by an age difference of 10 years or more, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, exhibiting a child in a nude or lascivious pose, and distributing obscene matter to a minor.Prosecutors allege the offenses involved a then-14-year-old student while Tran taught eighth grade at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn during the 2022-23 school year.CALIFORNIA TEACHER SAMANTHA WATSON ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH STUDENT AT CHARTER SCHOOLTran remains free under strict court-ordered conditions while the case proceeds.Judge John C. Fraser ordered Tran to remain on house arrest with GPS monitoring except for emergency medical appointments, court appearances and attorney visits.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XTran must also have no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18, submit to random searches of his electronic devices, reside at an Attleboro address, avoid all contact with victims and witnesses, and possess no child sexual abuse material.TEACHER ACCUSED OF SEX WITH STUDENTS WAS ALLEGEDLY BLACKMAILED FOR BETTER GRADES: WARRANTSHe is scheduled to return to court Aug.
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