A La Costa Canyon school teacher has been jailed for allegedly possessing child pornography after a multi-agency investigation.
Joseph Anthony Zyburt, 55, was booked into county jail in Vista on Wednesday morning. A criminal complaint indicates Zyburt is charged with felony counts of possessing child sex abuse material on his desktop computer and cell phone, plus an attempted possession count for allegedly trying to purchase such material sometime between October of 2024 and January of 2025.
The arrest of Zyburt, a mathematics instructor at the Carlsbad secondary school, stemmed from a multi-agency investigation, according to California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s office. Subsequent searches of electronic devices used by the suspect “further confirmed his possession and attempted possession” of the illicit materials, according to the attorney general.
Zyburt was being held without bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Friday.
He was not listed in the teacher’s directory on the school’s website as of Wednesday morning.
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