CHICAGO – A former Chicago Public Schools teacher with a history of sexual misconduct is now accused of exposing himself to three young girls on the Far Noth Side last month.
CPD’s Special Investigations Unit released two surveillance images of a man on Oct. 1, saying he “performed an indecent act” in the presence of two children in the 6200 block of North Maplewood a few days earlier. Those victims were 7 and 9 years old.
Investigators said the same man exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl on September 23 in the 6500 block of North Richmond.
This week, prosecutors charged Elliott Nott, 49, with three counts of child exploitation in connection with the cases. Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman arrested Nott at the state’s request.
In 2019, Nott was placed on two years’ probation after pleading guilty to planting a hidden camera in two locations, including in a staff bathroom at Ogden Elementary School, 24 West Walton, where he taught music.
Prosecutors said another faculty member discovered the device after it came loose and fell to the floor. Police said at the time that they had recovered photos and videos of several employees and an 8-year-old student.
The most serious charge he faced in those cases, child pornography involving a victim under 18, was dropped by prosecutors.
CPS said they fired Nott after the camera was discovered. Since 2009, he has been a teacher and track coach at the school.
NBC5 reported in 2016 that Nott had been hired by CPS even though he had previously been arrested on sex-related charges. As a high school student in 1993, he was convicted of “peeping Tom” charges involving two girls from his Normal neighborhood, the newspaper reported.
While teaching in New Hampshire in 2004, he was convicted of prowling and loitering for “spying on a young woman,” NBC5 learned.
