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.
Miguel Tirado
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.
Durham
Located in the heart of North Carolina’s Piedmont region, Durham is a vibrant hub where rich history meets modern innovation. Once an agrarian community that grew rapidly into a world-capital of the tobacco industry following the Civil War, Durham has successfully transformed its industrial past into a dynamic, forward-looking present. Today, former textile mills and tobacco warehouses in the historic downtown area house bustling tech startups, award-winning restaurants, and lively arts venues.
Durham plays a vital role in the Research Triangle, a major center for technology, healthcare, and scientific research driven by nearby Research Triangle Park. The city is also renowned for its world-class educational and medical institutions, including Duke University and North Carolina Central University—the nation’s first publicly supported liberal arts university for African Americans. This legacy of Black entrepreneurship historically earned Parrish Street the title of “Black Wall Street”.
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