A Delaware man is being held on $52,000 cash bail after police accused him of exposing himself to children he tutored online.
New Castle County police said none of the reported victims are from Del., but investigators are continuing to look for other potential victims in the state and elsewhere in the United States.
Rodney Little, 59, was one of thousands of online tutors contracted through the Wyzant tutoring platform. A parent alerted Wyzant about a session involving their child in May and the company determined where Little lived and contacted New Castle County police about the video, police said.
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“When he was walking away he exposed himself that he was wearing no clothing below his waist and at that time a parent came to us and that’s when we opened our investigation,” Master Cpl. Richard Chambers of New Castle County police said.
The tutoring platform saves only 30 days of video lessons, so detectives were unable to review older sessions. Police said investigators nevertheless found at least eight other instances of nudity involving at least six children from different parts of the country.
“We know there are other victims out there based on the videos our detectives have watched, there were several instances where Rodney Little did leave the online session and the camera was in view of his bare genitals and bare buttocks,” Chambers said.
Court documents show Little told a detective he does not wear pants while tutoring and did not appear to understand why that was a problem. The documents also show Little said he was embarrassed when police told him what children had seen in the videos.
Little also told the detective that he would watch pornography on another screen while children worked on assignments during tutoring sessions, according to court documents.
Little is being held on $52,000 cash bail at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution. If released, he is not allowed to have contact with any of the children he tutored.
Police are seeking additional victims who participated in online tutoring sessions with Little and have not yet come forward. Anyone who believes they may have been victimized by Little or has more information on this case is asked to contact Detective Kourtney Gardner at Kourtney.Gardner@newcastlede.gov or by calling 302-395-2756.
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