Tinian teacher allegedly sexually harassed students

A Tinian Jr./Sr. High School teacher was arrested yesterday for allegedly sexually harassing four of his students, all of them minors.

Bryan Mojica, 24, was arrested on Tinian and the Superior Court imposed a $20,000 cash bail and remanded Mojica back to the custody of the Department of Corrections.

In a statement, the school district said, “The Public School System takes this matter seriously because we always want to ensure that all of our students are safe at all times.”

Mojica is currently facing charges of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree, assault and battery, and strangulation.

According to court documents, an individual from Tinian Jr./Sr. High School had called DPS on Jan. 29, 2021, at around 5:39pm, reporting that Mojica had inappropriately touched his minor students.

Last Feb. 4, at around 1pm, DPS investigators reviewed the forensic interviews conducted by Division of Youth Services personnel of the alleged victims.

According to one of the alleged victims, a 13-year-old boy, Mojica would allegedly sexually harass him back in 2020 going into 2021, and it made him uncomfortable.

The victim told DYS that Mojica allegedly touched him on his butt for about five seconds in two separate occasions. He also claimed that Mojica rubbed his genitals on his (student’s) shoulder while he was in class. Mojica would also allegedly rub his (student’s) arms and shoulders on several occasions. He added that Mojica would allegedly hug him and several other classmates from behind and touch them seductively.

The victim told DYS that Mojica would allegedly tell him not to tell anyone about the touching and when he would tell Mojica that he was uncomfortable and to stop touching him, Mojica would say, “I’m going to keep doing it.”

There was also an incident when Mojica allegedly rear-choked him for about five minutes where he was “unable to breathe, felt uncomfortable, and was hurting.”

Another victim, also a 13-year-old boy, said Mojica allegedly smacked his butt and pulled his hair a few times back in 2020.

The third victim, a 12-year-old boy, said Mojica would allegedly pinch his upper private region outside of his shirt and would also smack his butt. The victim said he also saw Mojica inappropriately touch his other classmates.

The fourth victim said Mojica also smacked his butt back in January and, on several occasions, rubbed his upper private region. He said his classmates would also confide in him about how uncomfortable they felt around Mojica.