Raymond Watts, who is a teacher at Mill Creek Middle School in Woodstock, is scheduled to be arraigned and a bond hearing before a United States Magistrate Judge on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at 2:30 p.m.
According to United States Sally Quillian Attorney Yates and the information contained in public documents:
During the course of an ongoing child pornography investigation, law enforcement discovered that Watts might possess sexually explicit images of children, in particular, minor boys.
In early 2011, an undercover law enforcement agent made contact with Watts, which led to in-person meetings between Watts and the undercover agent.
During one of their meetings, Watts provided numerous images of child pornography to the agent. After a search warrant was executed, Watts was found to have hundreds of sexually explicit images of children on his home computer.
Yates said, “The children in our community must be protected from those who would victimize them in child pornography. Although all child pornography cases are tragic because of their victims, this case was even more troubling because the defendant taught in a middle school where he had daily interaction with children. Our investigation into this matter is ongoing and we would encourage anyone with information to contact ICE or their local police.”
“The sexual exploitation of children is a despicable crime, and it is especially alarming when it is perpetrated by someone in a position of trust,” said Brock Nicholson, Acting Special Agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Atlanta. “Identifying and investigating those who victimize innocent children is one of our most important responsibilities.”
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