A Chicago high school dance teacher faces felony sex abuse charges after allegedly sending students photos of his genitals on Snapchat.
Authorities say Angel Pagan used Snapchat to communicate with three students at his North Side Chicago high school, where he works as a dance teacher and dance team coach. The messages began with one student in April of 2015, according to police, before he started to Snapchat two others in December of 2015.
All three students received a Snapchat of the 31-year-old teacher’s genitals with captions that read “shower time” and “fresh and clean,” according to prosecutors.
Two of the students saved the photos and turned them over to police, according to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.
At one point Pagan approached a student in the school locker room and made inappropriate comments before getting in the shower, according to prosecutors. After showering the teacher came out and exposed himself to the student, prosecutors said.
Two of the students told authorities they were fondled over their clothes by Pagan on at least two different occasions, police said.
Pagan, of Melrose Park, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a child and harmful material following an investigation by the Chicago Police Department in cooperation with the State’s Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit.
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He appeared in court Friday at Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago where Judge Adam Bourgeois set his bond at $500,000. His next court date is scheduled for Feb. 16.
