{"id":999579,"date":"2026-08-14T04:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/999579\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T04:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:42:23","slug":"ny-middle-school-employee-69-busted-for-kiddie-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/999579\/","title":{"rendered":"NY middle school employee, 69, busted for kiddie porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cdepraved\u201d Westchester middle school cafeteria worker was caught with disturbing videos and photos of children possibly as young as 5 engaging in sexual acts, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Francis John Teeling, 69, who worked at Lakefield Copper Beech Middle School in the Lakeland School District, allegedly uploaded and stored the creepy kiddie porn involving female elementary-aged children, according to the Westchester County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who possess or share child sexual abuse material should be under no illusion that their depraved conduct is hidden from law enforcement,\u201d Westchester District Attorney Susan Cacace said in a statement.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the school year about to begin, I urge parents to stay vigilant and monitor their children\u2019s social media and internet activity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.56335878;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40333800\" width=\"922\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2026-08-13-at-74253-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School with a police car, school bus, and sign reading &quot;June 17 3:14 Wednesday.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-40333800\"  \/>Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School employee Francis John Teeling, 69, was accused of possessing child sexual abuse material. Google<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake sure your children understand the dangers of sharing explicit images online, especially with people they do not know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teeling reportedly uploaded a digital file of female kids between the ages of 7- and 10-years-old engaging in a sexual act to Microsoft Bing, and police discovered at his Shrub Oak home a digital file of a 5-to-8-year-old female child engaged in sexual conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Yorktown police arrested him on Tuesday, and he was arraigned in Yorktown Town Court.<\/p>\n<p>He faces felony charges of promoting and possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, which carry sentences of up to 11 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Teeling pleaded not guilty and is being held on $10,000 cash bail, $25,000 bond and $50,000 partially secured bond.<\/p>\n<p>The District Attorney\u2019s High Technology Crime Squad conducted the investigation following a referral from the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children and the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>The Westchester DA\u2019s Office declined to provide additional information.<\/p>\n<p>The Yorktown Police Department did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teeling is due back in court on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201cdepraved\u201d Westchester middle school cafeteria worker was caught with disturbing videos and photos of children possibly as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":999580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,18887,5248,167147,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,10410,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,14549],"class_list":["post-999579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-child-pornography","tag-metro","tag-middle-schools","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-westchester-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117092035369483086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/999580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}