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Miguel Tirado

Miguel Angel Tirado III, 30, is employed by the Durham Public Schools, a school district in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States. In 2024, he was hired as a science teacher at Charles E. Jordan High School in Durham.

While employed as a teacher, Tirado allegedly used the Kik messaging app to distribute 10 child pornography videos on September 28, 2024. One of the videos show a girl aged 7-9 sitting on a toilet and being forced to perform fellatio on an adult male.

Another video shows a girl aged 5-7 also being forced to do the same on another adult male. She is in a school uniform.

The other eight videos contain graphic content including vaginal penetration and depicting at least one male child. One is a compilation of more than 20 clips including nude prepubescent children engaging in sexual activity or sex acts with adults.

Durham County Jail

On March 19, 2025, Durham Police Department officers arrested Tirado with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was booked into the Durham County Jail in Durham.

The arrest was not on Jordan High School campus. After Tirado’s arrest, the school will appoint a substitute teacher.

On March 20, 2025, Tirado appeared in court via Zoom from the Durham County Jail. The teacher was charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

A Durham assistant district attorney asked a judge to set the bond for Tirado at $500,000. Instead, the judge set it at $1 million after confirming the suspect was a high school teacher.

On April 14, 2025, Tirado will be back in court. He was appointed a public defender.