
Upstate teacher charged with sexting with a student
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Francis S. Coots
Troop D Commander
PRESS RELEASE
State Police in North Syracuse arrested Patrick J. Goodwin, age 24, from Baldwinsville, NY for Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree, a class “D” felony and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class “A” misdemeanor.
Goodwin, a substitute teacher at the Phoenix Central School District, was charged on Wednesday with sending and receiving sexual images and videos of a female student. Goodwin was arraigned in the Van Buren Town Court and released on $5,000 cash bail.
If anyone has information regarding Patrick Goodwin, who is also employed as a substitute teacher at the Westhill CSD, they are asked to contact Investigator William Casey at (315) 366-6000.