A former Lowell Community Charter Public School employee is now facing serious child sex charges after an Essex County grand jury on Thursday indicted Tymond Tran, prosecutors say. The alleged conduct is accused of having taken place in Lynn in 2022, before Tran began working at the Lowell charter school. He is scheduled to be arraigned on July 22 in Essex County Superior Court in Salem.
According to WCVB, the indictment includes counts of aggravated rape of a child with a five-year age difference, indecent assault and battery on a person age 14 or older, posing or exhibiting a child in the nude, and providing obscene matter to a minor. Lowell Community Charter Public School told the outlet it had terminated Tran, said he passed required background checks, and stressed that the charges do not involve any students from the Lowell school.
Background on Tran
Before his time in Lowell, Tran taught computer science in Lynn and, in 2022, was named one of Amazon’s Future Engineer Teachers of the Year. As reported by WBZ/CBS Boston, he taught at Thurgood Marshall Middle School and received national recognition for his classroom work.
Charges and court date
WCVB reports that prosecutors presented the case to an Essex County grand jury, which returned the indictment this week. Tran’s arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, July 22, at Essex County Superior Court in Salem, where the charges are expected to be formally read and pretrial dates set.
What an indictment means
An indictment reflects a grand jury finding that there is probable cause to bring charges; it is not a determination of guilt. It moves the case into the formal court process. At arraignment, a defendant is advised of the charges and may enter a plea, and defendants remain presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
What to watch next
Tran’s July 22 arraignment will be the key public moment to watch for prosecutor filings, bail decisions, and scheduling orders that will shape the pretrial timeline. Hoodline will monitor public court records and statements from the school and prosecutors for further developments.
