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CMPD: Elementary Teacher Inappropriately Touched 2 Students

Charlotte Mecklenburg police have charged a Charlotte school teacher with sexually assaulting two children. 

CMPD says Taji Brown, a 29-year-old fifth grade teacher at Billingsville Elementary School on Randolph Road, ran a mentoring and summer program for boys out of his home in north Charlotte.

In July, a parent of a 10-year-old boy went to police with a complaint. After an investigation, including a search of Brown’s home, police arrested him. They say he touched two boys inappropriately during an overnight stay at his house.

He faces two counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of indecent liberties with a student. He was being held at Mecklenburg County Jail with bail set at $40,000. He’s due in court Wednesday.

None of the alleged inappropriate activity happened at the school.

CMPD’s Crimes Against Children Unit is trying to find out if there are other victims.      

David Boraks previously covered climate change and the environment for WFAE. See more at www.wfae.org/climate-news. He also has covered housing and homelessness, energy and the environment, transportation and business.