Former New York City math teacher and his twin brother, 28, plead GUILTY to making BOMBS and paying students to assist in the process
- Christian Toro and Tyler Toro, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court Monday to federal explosive charges
- The pair admitted to stockpiling explosive materials and paying students to help them make bombs
- Students told agents they were paid about $50 an hour between October and January 2017 to break up fireworks and store the powder from them
- The 28-year-old brothers were arrested in February after a bomb threat was called into a Harlem charter school
- The twins each face up to 10 years in prison when they’re sentenced on March 26
A former New York City high school math teacher and his twin brother have admitted to stockpiling explosive materials and paying students to help them make bombs.
Christian Toro and Tyler Toro, both of the Bronx, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court Monday to federal explosive charges.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a court statement: ‘As admitted in court today, Christian Toro and Tyler Toro sought to build a destructive device that could have caused great damage.
‘Christian Toro used a minor student to assist him in this endeavor.’
Christian Toro (right) and Tyler Toro, (left) both of the Bronx, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court Monday to federal explosive charges. The brothers admitted to stockpiling explosive materials and paying students to assist them
Students at his former school told agents in February that at least two students were paid about $50 an hour between October and January 2017 to break up fireworks and store the powder from them.
The 28-year-old brothers were arrested in February after a bomb threat was called into a Harlem charter school by students.
Christian then resigned from the school, and prosecutors say school officials discovered bomb making instructions on his laptop.
The Toro apartment (above) was raided by FBI in February when a stock pile of bomb-building material was found
Authorities say agents raided the brothers’ apartment and found numerous components to make explosives.
They say the two also paid students to dismantle fireworks and store the explosive powder.
The 28-year-olds each face up to 10 years in prison when they’re sentenced on March 26.