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Manhattan NY May 5 2012 A sixth-grade teacher at a private school in Paramus was arrested late Tuesday evening at his Manhattan residence and has been charged with possessing child pornography, according to a news release put out this afternoon by federal authorities in New York.

FBI agents arrested Evan Zauder, 26, on Tuesday, authorities said. During a search of Zauder’s home, federal agents seized a computer that Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said today contained hundreds of images and videos of minor children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Zauder is a teacher at the Yeshivat Noam School in Paramus.

Yeshivat Noam School is a coed pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school with 650 students, according to the school’s website.

“As a teacher, Evan Zauder was supposed to help children not, as alleged, contribute to their exploitation,” Bharara said in the press release. “Protecting children from harm is an important priority shared by our Office and the FBI, and we will continue to work tirelessly to pursue and prosecute individuals who prey on the innocent.”

Janice Fedarcyk, the assistant director-in-charge of the New York office of the FBI, said in the press release: “The FBI remains committed to protecting children from exploitation. The market for child pornography creates demand for production of images, and every photo and video is a record of abuse.”