Schoolteacher facing child sex assault charges

An elementary school teacher is facing multiple sexual assault charges involving two of his students. 28-year-old Shaun Bryer is known as a popular school teacher in Morristown and chairman of the Morristown select board. Bryer was arrested over the weekend after two 14-year-old boys told police he sexually abused them over two years, beginning when he was their 5th grade teacher at Morristown Elementary School. The boys told investigator Bryer molested them at his apartment, never at the school, and he paid them $20 to $150 each time. Bryer could receive a life sentence if convicted.