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NJ Teacher With "Teaching Selfies" Pinterest Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Student
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Published Jul 10, 2015
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A Catholic high school teacher has been charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child for an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student. And because it's 2015, the teacher, Fatima Grupico, also maintains a Pinterest page of her "Teaching Selfies."
Grupico taught history at Cardinal McCarrick High School in South Amboy, NJ until it closed (due to financial problems) at the end of the school year. According to NJ.com, "the investigation began after school officials notified police. He said the investigation determined Grupico had relations with the male student on a number of occasions at the school between May 4 and May 30, 2015."
Grupico not only has a Pinterest of "Teaching Selfies" (description: "Selfies of a teacher and fashion") but also one of "Teacher Apparel".
The age of consent in New Jersey is 16, but Grupico's position of authority over the student is what got her into trouble with law enforcement. She is in custody of the South Amboy police. The Middlesex County prosecutor has asked "anyone with information about the incident to call Detective George Stilwell of the county prosecutor's office at (732) 745-8675 or Detective Matthew Barcheski of the South Amboy Police Department at (732) 525-5951."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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