Staten Island high school teacher busted for groping two students and three women: NYPD
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A Staten Island high school teacher has been arrested for reportedly sexually assaulting two female students and multiple women in a string of disturbing incidents dating to late last year, as per the NYPD.

Jose Joaquin Diaz Barahona, aged 37, reportedly groped two minors at Susan Wagner High School and three women near his place of work, based on a criminal complaint.


Jose Joaquin Diaz Barahona, 37,
Jose Joaquin Diaz Barahona, 37, is accused of a groping spree that included two underaged students at Susan Wagner High School.

In the latest case, Barahona allegedly touched the breast of an underage female student at Susan Wagner High School on Jan. 16, the NYPD reported.

On Nov. 15, Baharona is accused of touching a high school girl’s behind “with the purpose of gratifying [his] sexual desires,” according to the criminal complaint.

The educator also assaulted women at a church and at a post office, the complaint alleges.

Barahona allegedly grabbed and caressed a woman’s breast at the church La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias on Nov. 10, the complaint stated.

On Christmas Eve last year, a woman told the NYPD she was at a post office when Barahona allegedly forcibly grabbed her breast with one hand and her crotch with the other.

Barahona is also accused of groping a woman’s breast at an office in Port Richmond on Jan. 5, the complaint stated.


Susan Wagner High School employed Barahona as a teacher who sexually assaulted two students, the NYPD says.
Susan Wagner High School employed Barahona as a teacher. Google Maps

The teacher was arrested on Mar. 6 at his home in Westerleigh, according to the NYPD.

He is charged with three counts of forcible touching, three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, five counts of sex abuse in the third degree, and five counts of harassment in the second degree.

Barahona was freed on supervised release. He is due back in court on Apr. 17, SI Live reported.

Susan Wagner High School did not respond to a request for comment.

The NYPD is asking for other possible victims of the alleged serial groper to step forward and report their incidents to police.

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