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A former teacher and basketball coach will spend 30 years in prison for producing child pornography, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Jeffrey D. Pierce, 42, impersonated a minor woman on social media and seduced dozens of minors in the Topeka area to perform sexually explicit acts, according to court documents I recorded an image of myself and sent it to him.
Investigators seized Pierce’s phone and other electronic devices, revealing that his scheme spanned several years and targeted more than 80 minors, including students at Seaman High School, where he previously taught. clarified.
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Prosecutors say Pierce coerced at least one minor to send him additional sexually explicit material by threatening to distribute the minor’s image to others. Pierce also distributed sexually explicit images of other minors and encouraged at least one person to engage in direct sexual activity with him, the Justice Department said. press release.
Law enforcement recovered thousands of images and videos from Pierce’s electronic devices showing underage men engaging in sexually explicit acts. Many of the images showed minors naked or undressed, appearing to have been taken in the locker room of the high school where he taught.
“Soliciting the creation of child sexual abuse material is a particularly disturbing crime, and is even more aggravated when committed by those charged with teaching and mentoring children,” the Department of Justice said. said Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. statement.
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Pierce was sentenced to five years of supervised release and must pay $55,100 in a special assessment.