Local teacher faces CSAM-related charges, placed on leave by Erie’s Public Schools

An Erie teacher has been placed on leave after being charged with viewing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

According to the Erie Times News, 24-year-old Tyler Grant Funk is facing two third-degree felony counts of viewing child pornography on another person’s phone.

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He was charged on November 5 after investigators interviewed him at his home.

Funk taught alternative education classes to 7th and 8th-grade students at Erie’s Public Schools’ Patrick J. Dipaolo Student Success Center at Emerson-Gridley.

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The school district confirmed Funk is on leave.

The Erie Police Department said Funk was released by court order on a $50,000 unsecured bond agreement.

He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on December 16.

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Local teacher faces CSAM-related charges, placed on leave by Erie’s Public Schools

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