{"id":46422,"date":"2025-11-27T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46422\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:35:10","slug":"local-teacher-faces-csam-related-charges-placed-on-leave-by-eries-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/46422\/","title":{"rendered":"Local teacher faces CSAM-related charges, placed on leave by Erie\u2019s Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Erie teacher has been placed on leave after being charged with viewing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/over-40-year-old-cold-case-solved-after-man-admits-to-killing-wife-psp-meadville\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Over 40-year-old cold case solved after man admits to killing wife: PSP Meadville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Over 40-year-old cold case solved after man admits to killing wife: PSP Meadville <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was charged on November 5 after investigators interviewed him at his home.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Funk taught alternative education classes to 7th and 8th-grade students at Erie\u2019s Public Schools\u2019 Patrick J. Dipaolo Student Success Center at Emerson-Gridley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/jamestown-residents-face-animal-cruelty-charges-for-second-time\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jamestown residents face animal cruelty charges for second time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Jamestown residents face animal cruelty charges for second time <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The school district confirmed Funk is on leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie Police Department said Funk was released by court order on a $50,000 unsecured bond agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on December 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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