Mass Elementary School Teacher Arrested After ‘Thrusting’ with Student on Lap [WATCH]

Two brothers employed as educators at Boylston Elementary School in Massachusetts have been arrested and charged with indecent assault on children following allegations supported by surveillance footage.

Benjamin Dillman, 26, a fifth-grade teacher, and Peter Dillman, 24, a paraprofessional at the same school, face multiple counts related to inappropriate physical contact with students, according to the Telegram & Gazette.

Neither brother has a prior criminal record.

The investigation began on November 25 when the Boylston Police Department received a report from another staff member at the Boylston-Berlin Regional School District alleging inappropriate interactions with children during an after-school program.

The Boston Globe reported that investigators reviewed closed-circuit television footage from the school playground, dated November 21, where the program takes place.

The footage, which the brothers were not officially involved with, allegedly captured multiple instances of improper conduct.

Court documents reviewed by the Telegram & Gazette detail specific allegations.

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Benjamin is accused of allowing a girl to sit on his lap, lying back as she straddled him, and making a “subtle, thrusting ‘humping’ motion” while she was on top of him.

He also allegedly picked up and embraced a girl with “an intimate style hug,” wrapping his arms around her body.

A separate incident, reported by a staff member but not captured on video, claims Benjamin gave an underage boy a two-minute massage from behind without consent.

Peter faces allegations of embracing a girl on numerous occasions, rubbing his private area on her abdomen, and placing his pubic area on the behind of a female juvenile victim while holding her hips, according to Boston 25 News.

People magazine cited charging documents stating Peter also allowed a girl to place her hands on “his hip/upper beltline pubic area” and was seen “intentionally touching and allowing the touching by numerous juveniles” on video.

Neither brother had permission to be on-site or supervise students during the after-school program.

Benjamin faces four counts of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14, plus one count of assault and battery.

Peter was arraigned on two counts of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14.

Both were arrested on November 28 and pleaded not guilty.

They were released on $3,000 cash bail and $30,000 surety bail, with conditions including staying away from alleged victims and witnesses at the school and having no unsupervised contact with minors.

Their next court appearance is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on February 9, 2026.

Interim Superintendent Albert G. Ganem Jr. of the Boylston Regional School District addressed the situation in a statement to parents, cited by WCVB.

“I can assure you that upon becoming aware of the situation, I immediately invoked the support of governmental agencies and involved local law enforcement authorities.”

The investigation remains active as authorities continue to review evidence.

Details about the victims’ identities have been withheld to protect their privacy.