Thursday, May 10, 2012
Hundreds of sexually explicit images involving children were found on the middle school teacher's computer, the FBI alleges.
The 26-year-old Yeshiva teacher and rabbinical student accused of having hundreds of images showing child pornography has been released on bail, according to federal court records. Evan Zauder, of New York City, was suspended from his position as a middle school teacher at Yeshivat Noam in Paramus after FBI agents found the explicit videos and pictures on his bedroom computer last week, school officials and federal authorities have said. Zauder was released on $2 million bail and must remain within areas of New York and New Jersey, court records show. He was ordered to have no unsupervised contact with children and his computer use will be monitored. Acting on a tip, FBI agents went to his New York apartment and found the graphic videos on…
Friday, May 4, 2012
Teacher at local Yeshiva had hundreds of explicit images showing minors, FBI alleges.
A sixth-grade teacher at Yeshivat Noam in Paramus was in custody Thursday after FBI agents found hundreds of videos and images depicting child pornography on his home computer, according to authorities and court documents. Based on a tip, agents Monday went to the Manhattan apartment of 26-year-old Evan Zauder and found the explicit images, according to federal authorities. Agents discovered graphic videos on Zauder's bedroom computer showing young boys engaged in sex acts, a federal complaint said. One video found on Zauder's computer showed a boy potentially as young as 7-years-old, according to the complaint. “As a teacher, Evan Zauder was supposed to help children not, as alleged, contribute to their exploitation," Manhattan U.S. …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Bee part of "Cake Boss" Episode
PARAMUS -- A Yeshivat Noam student made it to the final seven at the North Jersey Spelling Bee at Bergen Community College on Thursday. Teaneck resident Elianna Benoff reached the seventh round before misspelling the word Cycladic, mistakenly replacing the "d" with a "t." The eighth grader was actually a late entrant to the competition, after the first place winner from Yeshivat Noam couldn't attend. "I wasn't expecting to get too far, but obviously I was hoping to get really far," she said. Benoff was one of 32 finalists at the North Jersey Spelling Bee. A student from Haverstraw Middle School, Sanjana Mohan Malla, won the competition, spelling "tromometer," an instrument used for measuring or detecting minute earth tremors, according to…
Keith Kaplan
10:02 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
I have this overwhelming undefined fear that sweeps over me. This is for the biggest part because of the men who are downloading the pictures and videos of me. My father, who did the abuse, is now locked up and I have some peace in knowing that he can never hurt me again or hurt anyone else. I don't know that about any of these other men. For each of them, it is true that I don't know him; I don'… more ›