Mansfield Special Needs Instructor Arrested For Child Porn
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - A special needs instructor at Mansfield Independent School District's Mary Orr Intermediate School, has been charged in a federal complaint with production of child pornography.
Kelly Dan Williams, 62, was arrested Friday on the federal offense, and he made his initial appearance Monday in federal court in Fort Worth where a judge ordered he remain in federal custody pending a probable cause and detention hearing set for Wednesday morning.
According to the filed complaint, on June 1, 2015, an individual at Mary Orr Intermediate School observed Williams performing a sex act on an 11-year-old male student in a school bathroom stall. This individual reported this to the school's administration, and Williams was directed to report to the Human Resources office.
During the course of an investigation, Mansfield Police obtained a search warrant for Williams' residence, where they seized electronic storage devices, to include an SD card. A forensic examination revealed that a video located on the SD card depicted Williams performing a sex act on a minor male, who appears to be younger than age 12, in what appears to be a school bathroom stall. Further forensic analysis indicates that the video was created on or about February 3, 2010.
A federal complaint is a written statement of the essential facts of the offenses charged and must be made under oath before a magistrate judge. A defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. The maximum statutory penalty for the offense as charged is not less than 15 years, or more than 30 years, in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release.
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