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Kyle Banner, 48, of Brick Township Has Been Arrested
Kyle Banner also shared inappropriate photos of himself with a student over Snapchat.
According to the Ocean County Prosecutors Office, on May 23, 2023, Kyle Banner, 48, of Brick Township, was charged with Official Misconduct and three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Administrators at Toms River Intermediate North were informed on April 23, 2023, that Banner, a teacher at both Ocean County College and Toms River Intermediate North, had made pornographic images of himself available on his public Twitter profile. Banner was suspended from his employment as a teacher on April 24, 2023.
A thorough investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, determined that students had viewed the pornographic images by accessing Banner’s public Twitter profile.
Further investigation revealed that the photographs were taken in his classroom at Toms River Intermediate North. During the course of the investigation, Detectives also discovered that Banner sent inappropriate photographs of himself to a student via Snapchat in October of 2022.
Detectives also recovered numerous images of Banner engaging in sexual conduct with himself in his classroom at Toms River Intermediate North.
On May 23, 2023, Banner surrendered himself to the Toms River Township Police Department. He was processed and transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he is currently lodged pending a detention hearing.
“I would encourage parents to have a conversation with their children if they had this defendant as a teacher. If anyone has additional information regarding this investigation, please contact Detective Graham Borg of the Toms River Township Police Department at
732- 349-0150, or Detective Stephanie Bayha of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at
732-929-2027, extension 3861,” Prosecutor Billhimer stated.
