BETHEL PARK, Pa. — A Bethel Park teacher has been arrested after allegedly sending a sexually explicit video to a police officer who was posing as a teenage girl, police said.
According to police paperwork, a police officer entered a teen chat room posing as a 14-year-old girl.
CONFIRMED: Bethel Park teacher Brian Scott charged with sending sexual messages and videos online to an undercover officer posing as an underage girl. Here’s a statement from Bethel Park’s Superintendent on the investigation: pic.twitter.com/HmIvMLkrUW
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Brian Scott, 46, sent the sexually explicit video, exposing himself to the officer who he thought was a teenage girl, police said. According to the criminal complaint obtained by Channel 11, Scott was in the teen chat room claiming to be a 17-year-old boy.
The conversations went from a chat room to live video, on which, investigators said, Scott touched himself inappropriately.
A search warrant was conducted Friday morning on his Bethel Park house, where the officers interviewed Scott about the messages.
According to the criminal complaint, "He indicated the person told him she was a minor, and also a student at Cannon-McMillan School, but he believed she was actually a older male who was role playing."
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Police identified Scott in the video from a tattooed wedding ring on his finger and a T-shirt he was wearing.
In the complaint, officers reported asking Scott if he was the one in the live videos. He allegedly said, "It's possibly me."
The Bethel Park School District sent the following statement to faculty membersand parents on Friday:
"The Bethel Park School District was made aware of the arrest of one of our teachers by the North Strabane Police Department on Friday, July 6. At this time the individual in question has been suspended and banned from school district property throughout the investigation. To the District's knowledge, no Bethel Park School District students were involved in this matter. We will continue to cooperate with law enforcement as needed."
Scott is charged with unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communication facility and indecent exposure.
He was transported to Washington County for arraignment.
At this point, there's no indication this incident involved any Bethel Park students, but the district has banned Scott from school property during the investigation.
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