GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — A special education teacher in Grand Rapids is sitting in the Kent County Jail charged with possession of child pornography and using a computer to commit a crime.
The Child Exploitation Task Force claim they snared 32-year-old Philip Paauwe by having a detective pose as a 13-year-old girl in a chat room.
Sgt. Joel Roon says Paauwe tried to convince the child into having sexual contact. He worked at the K.E.C. Oakleigh School.
School officials say he had worked for them for less than a year and had no indication he had preyed on any students.
He has bonded out of jail.
(copy written by John McNeill)
