Chandler Man Accused of Trying to Conceal History of Arrests to Obtain Tutoring Job Indicted Published: 18 April 2021 18 April 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Thursday that a State Grand Jury indicted Brett James Smith, also known as Brett James Zagorac, on charges of Fraud, Forgery, and Perjury. Smith is accused of fraudulently misrepresenting his background and credentials to obtain private tutor employment and access to children as a private tutor.
The indictment further alleges on or between August 2019 and April 2020, Smith fraudulently misrepresented and omitted material facts from a name change application with the Maricopa County Superior Court, in order to receive the benefit of an Arizona name change and to conceal his history of arrests and convictions for misdemeanor charges in Illinois and Indiana under his previous name.
Court records indicate 11 people came forward to report tutor Brett Smith to law enforcement. Author: Erica Stapleton Updated: 10:10 PM MST April 16, 2021
Michele Gonzalez is finally breathing a sigh of relief. It’s been a long year, she told 12 News over the phone.
Gonzalez says she and her husband had to fire their tutor Brett Smith last April. The couple says they caught Smith on their nanny cam, rubbing their then 12-year-old son’s back during a tutoring session in their Chandler home. He was looking at my son so passionately, she said over the summer. Like the way I look at my husband.
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Valley tutor accused of molesting kids indicted on fraud charges
The Arizona Attorney General s Office says Brett Smith is accused of misrepresenting his background and credentials to get access to kids as a private tutor. Author: Erica Stapleton, 12 News Published: 2:36 PM MST April 15, 2021 Updated: 2:36 PM MST April 15, 2021
CHANDLER, Ariz. An East Valley man who has been accused by multiple families of molesting students has been indicted by a grand jury for multiple charges related to fraud, according to the Arizona Attorney General s Office.
According to the AG s office, the indictment accuses Brett Smith, also known as Brett Zagorac, of fraudulently misrepresenting his background and credentials to obtain private tutor employment and access to children as a private tutor.