Charges against former teacher stem from 2025 incident

By Teddy Tauscher

» ttauscher@eagletribune.com

SALEM, N.H. — A former high school teacher is accused of asking a teenage girl for illicit photos and encouraging her and another female student to drink while on a FaceTime time call last year, according to court documents.

Daniel Bolster, 31, is being charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors including attempted indecent exposure or gross lewdness, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and endangering the welfare of a child. While charges were first announced in May, the allegations date back to an incident on July 1, 2025, according to Rockingham Superior Court records.

The case was transferred from Salem Circuit Court to the higher court last week. New details have also emerged through documents since the case began.

Despite the incident occurring in 2025, police and school officials were not aware of the allegations until April, Salem Police Captain Jason Smith said Monday. Smith said he believed the alleged crimes came to light

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when a student approached an authority figure in the district months after.

Bolster, who lives in Newmarket, was placed on administrative leave April 8, before later resigning. Police began investigating Bolster that same day, according to a probable cause statement by detective Paige Baril.

The alleged victims were 16 and 17 at the time at the time of the incident, according to the report. Bolster had been drinking at his home, while FaceTiming over Instagram and texting the two students, who were also drinking, one of the teenagers told Baril.

The students have babysat for Bolster on two occasions, also communicating with Bolster through his Instagram account, according to documents.

During the 2025 interaction, Bolster asked for a picture of one of the girls in a bikini, who refused and went to call her boyfriend. At least one of the alleged victims was a former student of Bolster’s, according to court documents.

Bolster also asked one of the teens to “flash” the other, encouraged both alleged victims to drink and spoke about the size of one of the students’ breasts, Baril said in the report.

One of the girls was able to provide screenshots of the communication, according to documents.

The next morning Bolster apologized to the girls, “something to the effect of that he was sorry, and the night before should have never happened,” Baril said.

Bolster has been released on personal recognizance on the conditions that he stay away from the alleged victims, not possess any weapons and not consume drugs or alcohol.

The district faced scrutiny over transparency when the allegations against Bolster came to light this spring. Officials previously said the involved students and parents were notified immediately while the broader community was informed on April 14.

Bolster is being represented by Nashua-based attorney Anthony Sculimbrene.