Guilty! Taleek Brooks, Brooklyn, New York (arrested Jan 2012)

New York Daily News: Parents and students come forward to FBI about Brooklyn teacher's aide (Feb 8 2012)

Children and parents started coming forward to report possible abuse by a Brooklyn teacher’s aide Wednesday as FBI agents scoured the school where he’s suspected of filming kiddie porn ... One mother said she had an “inkling” of the problem after Brooks bought her now-12-year-old son clothes, called repeatedly as late as 3 a.m. and offered her son an extra bedroom in his apartment. I had issues with him. I had words with him. I told him to stay away,” she said, adding that she didn’t tell Principal Karen Hambright-Glover because Brooks “could do no wrong in her eyes.”​

 

CBS Local New York: Parents, Politicians Question Education Dept. Over Recent Alleged Sex Abuse Arrests (Feb 11 2012)

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Politicians and child advocates are banding together to put pressure on the Department of Education after allegations that New York kids were molested in their schools ... Police made two arrests this week: teacher’s aide Gregory Atkins in Manhattan and another teacher’s aide, Taleek Brooks, in Brooklyn.​

 

AM New York: FBI: Brooklyn teacher's aide filmed kiddy porn videos in classroom (Feb 7 2012)

Taleek Brooks, who worked at PS 243 -- also known as the Weeksville School -- in Bedford-Stuyvesant,is accused of having more than 1,000 computer files depicting child pornography that he had allegedly accumulated for about seven years through a file-sharing program, according to a criminal complaint. Brooks allegedly confessed to those crimes, saying the children in the files he collected were as young as 10 years old. U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan Azrack held Brooks without bail Tuesday afternoon. Brooks did not enter a plea, and his next court date was not yet scheduled. FBI agents examining his computer and equipment that was seized last month in his bedroom found videos of Brooks molesting a young boy and spanking a naked child in a classroom, officials said. The FBI believes the videos were created between 2008 and 2011.​

AM New York: FBI probes colleagues of teacher's aide who allegedly made child porn (Feb 8 2012)

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FBI investigators scoured through a Bedford-Stuyvesant elementary school Wednesday as they searched for details about a teacher's aide who allegedly took videos of him inappropriately touching children in a classroom. Taleek Brooks, 40, was re-arrested Monday night after investigators found videos on his seized computer equipment that showed that he had not only collected more than 1,000 files depicting child pornography -- as the FBI originally thought -- but that he had also been producing videos of him molesting and spanking young naked kids. Investigators arrived at P.S. 243 - known as the Weeksville School - Wednesday morning, where they met with Chancellor Dennis Walcott. They then interviewed staffers at the school, where Brooks worked since 1995.​

 

NBC New York: FBI Searching for More Possible Victims of Brooklyn Teacher's Aide: The aide allegedly videotaped himself abusing children at PS 243 in Crown Heights (Feb 28 2012)

FBI agents visited a Brooklyn elementary school Wednesday as part of a continuing investigation into a teacher's aide accused of making child pornography with kids at the school. Taleek Brooks, a teacher's aide at PS 243 in Crown Heights, had already been arrested last month on charges of distributing child pornography, and on Tuesday was arrested again for allegedly abusing children. Agents were expected to conduct outreach for potential additional victims. According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, an examination of a computer seized from Brooks uncovered a trove of self-produced child porn.​

 

AM New York: Arraignment set for teacher's aide accused of child porn (March 7 2012)

Taleek Brooks, 41, was indicted Monday on seven counts of child sexual exploitation and four counts of distributing and possessing child pornography. One of the films he distributed was titled "Boy opened up wide by neighbor," according to the indictment.​

 

Gothamist: Teacher's Aide Indicted For Making Kiddie Porn In School (March 7 2012)

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The Brooklyn teacher's aide who was arrested twice last month for allegedly possessing and producing child pornography has been indicted by a federal grand jury for molesting a young boy, recording the attacks, and distributing the video over the internet. Taleek Brooks (aka Tyleek Brooks), a former teacher's aide at PS 243 (The Weeksville School), was charged today with several counts of sexual exploitation of a child, possessing child pornography, and distributing the materials to other alleged pedophiles via file-sharing sites.​

 

The Village Voice: Taleek Brooks, Brooklyn Teacher's Aide, Accused Of Filming Kiddie Porn In Classroom (March 7 2012)

"Boy opened up wide by neighbor." That's the title of one of the several kiddie porn videos federal prosecutors say Taleek Brooks, a teacher's aide at a Brooklyn elementary school, had saved on his computer, according to a 12-count federal indictment obtained by the Voice ... But it gets worse. According to the feds, some of the videos were actually filmed in a classroom at PS 243, the school where Brooks has worked as an aide in a special education class for the last 17 years. Some of his underage (ahem) co-stars, the feds believe, were students at the school. In addition to filming himself molesting children, Brooks is accused of distributing the videos over the Internet to other perverts. In all, federal investigators discovered more than 1,000 digital files of kids as young as 10 engaging in sexual acts on Brooks' computer.​

 

New York Daily News: Teacher’s aide indicted in molestation, kiddie porn in school (March 7 2012)

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A Brooklyn teacher's aide has been indicted by a federal grand jury for molesting a young boy and recording the attacks in a Bedford Stuyvesant school, authorities said. Taleek Brooks, who appeared in a photo on the school's Web site wearing an Easter bunny costume, was re-arrested last month after FBI agents found the homemade images on a computer seized earlier in connection with a kiddie porn investigation. The indictment, unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court, charges Brooks with sexually assaulting the victim - identified only as "John Doe" - in seven images found in the computer files. The attacks took place between Sept. 2009 and April 2010, and investigators believe the pictures were taken inside Public School 243 in Bedford Stuyvesant.​

 

New York Post: Brooklyn teacher's aide indicted on sexual exploitation, child pornography charges (March 7 2012)

A federal grand jury has indicted a teacher’s aide at a Brooklyn grade school for allegedly taking videos of himself molesting a child and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Taleek Brooks, who worked at PS 243, was charged by Brooklyn federal prosecutors with several counts of sexual exploitation of a child and possessing child pornography. The feds also charged him with distributing explicit videos that depict underage children being molested to other alleged pedophiles via file-sharing Web sites utilized to trade images of naked minors, officials said.​

 

CBS Local New York: Brooklyn Teacher’s Aide Accused Of Making Porn In School Indicted (March 7 2012)

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A former teacher’s aide who is accused of making pornographic child videos on school grounds is set to be arraigned on Wednesday. ​

Tyleek Brooks, identified in court documents as Taleek Brooks, has been indicted on sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography and other charges.​

 

UK Daily News: Teacher's aide who 'filmed child porn inside elementary school' faces 50 years in prison after guilty plea (Feb 8 2013)

A teacher's aide charged with possession of child porn and who shot two videos inside a school classroom faces 50 years in prison after entering a guilty plea. Taleek Brooks, 42, a teacher’s aide at PS 243, The Weeksville School, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, pled guilty Friday before a federal court judge to charges of producing and distributing child porn. He will be sentenced in May.​

 

New York Post: Brooklyn teacher's aide pleads guilty to producing child porn (Feb 8 2013)

A teacher’s aide pleaded guilty today to producing a homemade child porn film inside a New York City grammar school. Taleek Brooks, who worked at PS 243 in Crown Heights, admitted that he had produced a video of a student entrusted to his care while the child was engaged in explicit sexual activity. "I was responsible for the filming of a minor masturbating," Brooks told Brooklyn federal Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann. Brooks, 42, also conceded that he sent digital files over the Internet via a file sharing Web site to an undercover FBI agent, saying the files included another pornographic video showing an adult sexually assaulting a child.​

 

Inquisitr: Brooklyn Teacher’s Aide Pleads Guilty To Producing Child Porn (Feb 8 2013)

A teacher’s aide at a Brooklyn elementary school pleaded guilty to producing child pornography inside the school Friday. Taleek Brooks, who worked at PS 243 in Crown Heights, admitted that he produced a video of a student engaged in sexual activity. “I was responsible for the filming of a minor masturbating,” Brooks told federal Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann, according to The New York Post. The 42-year-old also admitted to sending files of a different pornographic video, this one showing an adult sexually assaulting a child, to an undercover FBI agent. Brooks faces 15 to 50 years in prison according to plea agreement with Brooklyn federal prosecutors.​

 

HipHop Wired: Brooklyn Teacher's Aide Pleads Guilty To Making Dirty Film With A Child On School Grounds (Feb 8 2013)

A former teachers' aide in Brooklyn pleaded guilty to making a dirty film with a child as the star, the New York Post reports. Taleek Brooks, confirmed his guilt in a New York court earlier today, admitting to filming a child engaging in self-pleasure at PS 243, in the Crown Heights section of the borough. "I was responsible for the filming of a minor m**turbating," he told Brooklyn federal Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann.​

In addition to making the film, Brooks posted his footage online, and that of an adult s*xually assaulting a child, via a file sharing website.​

 

KFOR: Teacher’s aide sentenced 50 years for homemade classroom porn (Mar 19 2014)

A former teacher’s aide at a Brooklyn elementary school has been sentenced to 50 years in prison on a conviction of child pornography charges, federal prosecutors say. Taleek Brooks, a former aide at PS 243, The Weeksville School, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday.​

 

NBC New York: Former Brooklyn Teacher's Aide Sentenced to 50 Years in Child Porn Investigation: Taleek Brooks was convicted of distributing and producing child porn, including some involving a young boy inside school classrooms (Mar 20 2014)

A former teacher's aide at a Brooklyn elementary school has been sentenced to 50 years in prison on a conviction of child pornography charges, federal prosecutors say. Taleek Brooks, a former aide at PS 243, The Weeksville School, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday.​

 

ABC Local WABC: Ex-Brooklyn teacher's aide gets 50 years in child porn case (Mar 20 2014)

A former Brooklyn elementary school teacher's aide was sentenced to 50 years in prison Wednesday on child pornography charges. Taleek Brooks was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to making pornographic videos of a student in a classroom.​