Former N.H. high school teacher accused of sex abuse crimes

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former high school teacher has been accused of soliciting sexual activity from a minor in exchange for money and manufacturing and possessing child sexual abuse images, police in Concord said.

Joshua Harwood, 36, of Manchester, taught business at Concord High School. He was arrested Thursday and was being held at the Merrimack County House of Corrections for a hearing Friday. It wasn’t immediately known if he had a lawyer, and a number couldn’t be found for him.

Harwood, who was hired in July, is no longer employed by the district, interim Superintendent Kathleen Murphy said in a letter to district families.

Police were notified about allegations of inappropriate online activity and past physical activity in December. Murphy had said that a former Concord High School student reported the behavior to a school administrator. Harwood was placed on administrative leave and banned from school property in December, pending the result of an investigation.

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