The warrant alleges that from April 2022 to at least March 2025, Palomares sexually abused students and taped said abuse in his classroom. Police claim that Palomares secretly photographed and filmed images of unaware undergarment-clad children and students in compromising positions at the school and at stores and restrooms at Bridgewater and Short Hills malls.
https://abc7ny.com/post/new-jersey-...ng-child-🤬🤬🤬🤬-sexual-abuse-students/16576214/
Saint Thomas Aquinas Teacher Arrested by The Internet Crimes Against Children Unit
Post Date:05/27/2025
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department announced today, that Axel Palomares, 50, of Morristown, who is a teacher at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, has been arrested and charged with the Manufacturing of Child Sexual Abuse Material, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, and Invasion of Privacy.
After receiving a cyber tip from the New Jersey State Police, an investigation was conducted by Detective Ken McGarry of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit at the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. As a result of that investigation Palomares was charged.
Palomares was arrested today, May 27, 2025, without incident at his home in Morristown, New Jersey, subsequent to the execution of a search warrant at that location. Thereafter, Palomares was charged with second-degree Manufacturing of Child Sexual Abuse Material, second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, third-degree Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, and fourth-degree Invasion of Privacy. Palomares is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility pending the results of a Pre-Trial Detention hearing.
The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective McGarry of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3140. As is the case with all criminal defendants, the charges against Palomares are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Prosecutor Ciccone would like to thank Prosecutor Carroll and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the Morris Township Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, New Jersey State Police and the Edison Police Department for their collaborative efforts in investigating and safely securing the arrest of the suspect.
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1702/736
