NEW JERSEY
Daily Record
Peggy Wright, @PeggyWrightDR April 22, 2015
The state Board of Examiners for the Department of Education has revoked the teaching certification of a former Morris Catholic High School music teacher accused of masturbating in his car while watching children at a bus stop in Denville.
John W. Watson, 33, of North Brunswick, was charged in December with four counts of lewdness and was accepted in February into Morris County’s Pre-Trial Intervention program for first-time offenders.
To get into PTI, Watson did not admit to any crimes. If he successfully completes 36 months of supervision, performs 100 hours of community service and undergoes a psychological evaluation, the lewdness charges will be dismissed and he will not have a criminal record.
As a condition of PTI, Watson agreed to forfeit his teaching license. To guarantee the forfeiture was recorded, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office alerted the state Board of Examiners for the state Department of Education. On April 17, the board revoked Watson’s teacher of music certificate he received in 2006, according to the board’s order.
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