A Miami elementary school teacher is behind bars after he was accused of lewd conduct with multiple students, authorities said.
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Cesar Oriol Cardoso, 53, was arrested Friday on charges of offenses against students by authority figures, lewd and lascivious conduct on a child, and transmitting or showing obscene material to a minor, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, the alleged incidents happened at Sunset Park Elementary School on Southwest 84th Street.
One victim told investigators Cardoso would remove her from physical education or lunch, along with other students, and take them back to his classroom to complete classwork if they were behind, the report said.
She said Cardoso would call her to his desk and show her inappropriate images or videos of naked women, and on another occasion he showed her a photo of a man naked from the waist down, though she wasn’t sure if it was him, but on another occasion she said he showed her a photo of himself naked, the report said.
The girl said Cardoso also removed another student from class so they could “spend time and play in his classroom,” and said while they were playing he “slapped both students on the buttocks and in a playful tone, told them that if they continued misbehaving, he would hit them on the butt,” the report said.
She said she was also shown videos of naked women and of a man and woman engaging in a sex act by Cardoso.
Another victim said Cardoso showed her pictures and videos of sexual content multiple times and “once asked if she was scared while he showed her an inappropriate picture,” the report said.
On another occasion, she said Cardoso told her he wanted to kiss her and on another, tickled her around her waist and chest area, the report said.
Another victim said she and another girl were in PE class when Cardoso had them excused and brought back to his classroom, and said he told one girl she was beautiful and tried to touch her arm and grab her, the report said.
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She said Cardoso would compliment her, telling her “you’re so beautiful” while touching her hair, and she told him to stop but he continued doing it with other girls, the report said.
Another girl said Cardoso put his hand on her shoulder and slid it down to her thigh, the report said.
Yet another victim said when she approached Cardoso’s desk to ask about a math problem, he would show the inappropriate pictures on his phone to her, and she said on another occasion he tried to touch her upper thigh/buttocks area but she redirected his hand and told him not to touch her, and he said he was sorry, the report said.
A fifth victim said towards the end of third grade, Cardoso started to touch her on the arm and thigh and would slap her on the buttocks, and said she and another victim would get slapped on their buttocks, the report said.
She said in fourth grade, he started showing her pictures and videos of naked women and men and women having sex, and said they were alone in his classroom once and he told her he wanted to kiss her and leaned in but she turned away, the report said.
The girl said Cardoso once showed her a photo of a naked man who was wearing a similar watch that he has and believed it was him, she said.
On another occasion, she said she approached Cardoso’s desk for help with a math problem and found him sitting behind his desk “with one hand on his leg and the other hand over his clothing on his crotch and asked if she would like to squish it,” the report said.
Cardoso was interviewed by Miami-Dade Schools Police but invoked his rights and declined to give a statement, and he was arrested and booked into jail, the report said.
NBC6 has reached out to Miami-Dade County Public Schools and was waiting to hear back.
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