Fmr. teacher's aide charged with sending porn to boy

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A former Philadelphia teacher's aide has been arrested for attempting to give gifts and pornographic images through Facebook messenger to a 13-year-old boy.

Quasim Patrick Cunningham, 29, is charged with 40 counts of corruption of minors, dissemination of explicit sexual materials to a minor, and contact with a minor to engage in sexual activity, all felonies of the third degree.

On Tuesday, authorities conducted a search warrant of Cunningham's Philadelphia home, where he resided with his mother.

Authorities seized digital evidence and confirmed 32 images and eight videos of pornography had been sent to the 13-year-old through Facebook messages.

Cunningham was most recently employed by Philadelphia Organization Industrialization Center (OIC) where he worked at the Henry A. Brown Elementary School in the after school program.

He was also employed as a teacher's aide by EducationWorks, located at 3149 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia. Through EducationWorks, police say he worked in the after school program at several schools including Blankenburg Elementary School, Heston School, and Blaine School.

Quasim Patrick Cunningham was arraigned on Tuesday and remanded to the Delaware County prison in lieu of bail which was set at 10 percent of $100,000 with a condition of a psychological/sexual evaluation.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 3.