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Gym Teacher Forced 2 Middle School Girls to Grope Him, NYPD Says

 Police are looking for Brett Bernstein for sending 14-year-old girls inappropriate photos, they said.
Police are looking for Brett Bernstein for sending 14-year-old girls inappropriate photos, they said.
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MANHATTAN — A gym teacher at Harlem Prep Charter School kissed two 14-year-old students, forced them to grope him and sent them inappropriate photos, police said.

Brett Bernstein, 32, grabbed the girls' hands and made them touch him and texted them inappropriate photos several times in late May, police said.

On Monday, one of the girls told a social worker at the school at 240 E. 123rd St., who notified the principal who in turn called police, officials said.

He was fired from the school earlier this week, and has been on the lam ever since, NYPD and school officials said.

Bernstein is nearly 6 feet, about 220 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair, police said.

School officials told all parents of the schools' students about the incidents, according to Harlem Prep Charter School spokesman Jeffrey Schneider.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).