Douglas County teacher, nicknamed “Mr. Pedophile,” arrested in connection to child sex assault

The Littleton man arrested Monday on charges of child sex assault groomed his students on social media to gain their trust and ultimately committed unspeakable acts for his own benefit Douglas County investigators stated in his arrest affidavit David Feil faces two felony charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust that stem from one happening where he allegedly allowed a trainee to sit on his lap while he had an erection and another where he held another child s buttocks during a conversation according to the affidavit Douglas County School District personnel received a Safe Tell tip in March from a sixth grader at Roxborough Intermediate School in Feil s class The anonymous participant disclosed Feil added several boys on video meeting platforms and girls on social media according to the arrest affidavit The pupil also mentioned Feil routinely sent students inappropriate videos on Snapchat including multiple where he was shirtless or blowing kisses toward the camera Detectives interviewed three of Feil s former students who were treated differently by the man according to the affidavit Feil allegedly spoke to those students about pornography a converstation he reported them not to tell their parents about or he would get in trouble and go to jail brought them gifts to school gave them hand massages touched their buttocks and friended them on multiple social media platforms sheriff s executives mentioned in the arrest affidavit Now looking back at it I understand it was weird but at the time I just thought it was normal one of Feil s former students described investigators during an interview at the Douglas County Sheriff s Office Another apprentice communicated detectives that Feil would pick them up toss them and sit down with them on his lap or hold their phones above their heads and make them jump for it sheriff s executives noted At one point according to the arrest affidavit the sixth-grade students nicknamed Feil Mr Pedophile When the school district took Feil s computer and searched it in March they ascertained photos of students in prom dresses students wrestling and one participant painting a mural on a ladder with Feil standing below Related Articles Northbound I- closed near Colorado City for crash Denver woman threatened to kidnap baby police say Man arrested in Denver shooting that injured near Coors Field Littleton middle school mentor arrested on charges of child sex assault Lyft driver faces charges in sexual assault of Colorado lawmaker Feil was previously given a written warning about having personal relationships with his students specifically about having students added to his social media accounts according to court documents Roxborough principal Megan Ofer informed investigators Feil was given a letter of direction during the - school year that barred him from following children on any sort of social media platform the affidavit stated She reportedly described Feil s behavior as creeper vibes Ofer validated Monday that Feil is on administrative leave pending the results of both the criminal analysis and an internal inquiry within the school district A long-term substitute trainer will replace Feil in the classroom through the end of the year Ofer commented in an email to parents Investigators announced Feil ignored the written warning and continued to follow interact with and message the children on Snapchat and Instagram calling them sweetheart and saying they could never be replaced He also exchanged texts phone calls and video calls with students according to the affidavit Teachers are in charge of and see their children often more hours in the day than the parents do investigators stated in the affidavit The role of the classroom educator is the ultimate position of trust especially when students are - years old David Feil was trusted to teach these students and instead developed personal and inappropriate relationships in which lines were blurred and ultimately crossed Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day