El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en marzo 22, 2024, el Honorable Guy P. ryan, P.J.Cr.P., sentenced Kyle Banner, 49, del municipio de ladrillo, a 180 days in the Ocean County Jail as well as Parole Supervision for Life, as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child on November 6, 2023. Además, Judge Ryan ordered the forfeiture of Banner’s teaching license, as well as his ability to hold any and all future public employment. Finalmente, Banner will be required to register as a Megan’s Law offender, and be subject to the terms of Nicole’s Law – permanently prohibiting him from having any contact with his victims.
En abril 23, 2023, administrators at Toms River Intermediate North were alerted that Banner – a teacher at both Toms River Intermediate North and Ocean County College – posted sexually explicit photographs of himself to his public Twitter profile. En abril 24, 2023, Banner was suspended from his teaching position without pay.
Una investigación exhaustiva realizada por la Unidad de Víctimas Especiales de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del departamento de policía del municipio de Toms River, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, determined that students had viewed the sexually explicit images by accessing Banner’s public Twitter profile. Further investigation revealed that the photographs were taken in his classroom at Toms River Intermediate North. Durante el transcurso de la investigación, Detectives also discovered that Banner sent inappropriate photographs of himself to a student via Snapchat between the months of October and December 2022. Detectives also recovered numerous images of Banner engaging in sexual conduct with himself in his classroom at Toms River Intermediate North.
En mayo 23, 2023, Banner surrendered himself to the Toms River Township Police Department. He was processed and transported to the Ocean County Jail, y posteriormente liberado como consecuencia de la reforma de la fianza de Nueva Jersey.
El Fiscal Billhimer reconoce los esfuerzos diligentes de la Fiscal Adjunta Kimberly Carr, quien manejó el caso en nombre del Estado., and commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del departamento de policía del municipio de Toms River, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, por sus esfuerzos de colaboración en relación con esta investigación.