NYC teacher’s aid busted with sickening trove of child porn on cellphone: feds

A disgraced Big Apple teacher’s aide – once entrusted with caring for disabled students – was allegedly busted with a sickening stash of child porn, including thousands of vile videos, photos and files showing infants and toddlers being sexually abused, according to federal prosecutors.

Alejandro Santos, 47, was arraigned Friday in Brooklyn Federal Court on an indictment charging him with possessing and transporting the depraved cache of files on his cellphone, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said.

Prosecutors said the Bronx resident – who spent 23 years working for the city’s Department of Education – also possessed images of clothed children in classrooms and other settings, some of whom appeared to have physical disabilities.

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“The details of Alejandro Santos’ alleged crimes are among every parent’s worst nightmare,” Ricky Patel, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York field.

“This defendant worked closely with young kids nearly every day over the course of 23 years. Protecting minors from individuals like this defendant is not only paramount, it’s personal. I implore any person who believes they have information related to crimes involving Santos to contact authorities.”

The alleged pervert – who worked at a Bronx school with mentally disabled children, some of them nonverbal – was cuffed at JFK Airport on July 15 after flying back from the Dominican Republic. 

Prosecutors said border patrol agents flagged the twisted educator as a suspected “high-risk” carrier of child sex abuse materials, initially uncovering at least 100 videos and images of the disturbing content on his phone. 

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At least three minutes-long videos were found depicting nude babies and prepubescent girls being horrifically raped, sodomized and abused by adult men, a criminal complaint alleged. 

Santos agreed to hand over his passcode and phone, where investigators discovered thousands of additional perverse files hiding in a fake calculator app, downloaded and saved between January 2024 and May 2025. 

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Prosecutors indicated there was no evidence of any “hands-on” abuse involving children at his school.

He was charged with transportation of child sexual abuse material and possession of child sex abuse material and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

While it remains unclear at which school Santos worked, he has since been placed on suspension.  

“The alleged behavior is extremely concerning and unacceptable,” a New York City Public Schools spokesperson told The Post.

“This employee was suspended immediately following their arrest, and if convicted, we will pursue termination.”