Former teacher charged with videotaping girls

(AP) - A former Bridgeport elementary schoolteacher who is already facing sexual assault and child pornographycharges has been arrested again on allegations he secretlyvideotaped girls changing into Halloween

News 12 Staff

Dec 23, 2008, 2:36 PM

Updated 5,900 days ago

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(AP) - A former Bridgeport elementary schoolteacher who is already facing sexual assault and child pornographycharges has been arrested again on allegations he secretlyvideotaped girls changing into Halloween costumes.
Milford police arrested 39-year-old Thomas Bavedas on Monday. Hehad been free after posting bail in the other cases, but a statejudge has ordered him held on $500,000 bond.
Bavedas resigned from his job as a third-grade teacher atWaltersville School in May after being charged with sexuallyassaulting a 12-year-old girl. Police later charged him withpossessing thousands of child pornography images at his Milfordhome.
Bavedas is accused in the new arrest of videotaping girlschanging into Halloween costumes in a closet in his classrom lastyear.