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Morris County Teacher Sexted Student On Instagram: Prosecutor

A 43-year-old Sparta resident and Parsippany high school teacher was arrested and charged on Friday, March 13 with having an inappropriate online conversation with a 14-year-old student, authorities said.

Parsippany Police Department

Parsippany Police Department

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Last November, an administrator at Parsippany High School notified authorities of inappropriate behavior by James Wiegand, a history teacher at the school, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and ParsippanyTroy Hills Police Department Chief Richard Pantina said. 

Wiegand  sent sexual and suggestive messages to a student using Instagram from September 2024 through November 2024, authorities said. Wiegand has been suspended from his teaching position, authorities said.

Wigand was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and has been released under pretrial supervision, which requires him to have no contact with the victim and no unsupervised contact with minor children, authorities said.

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