Dylan Koerner, Child Pornography, Connecticut 2020

A former elementary school music teacher in Connecticut has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for soliciting, receiving, and distributing child pornography.

Dylan Koerner, 29, of New Britain, was sentenced on May 4, 2021, after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography on September 21, 2020.

Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the court proceeding occurred via videoconference.

Between July 2019 and October 2019, Koerner used a false identity and posed as a teenager on Kik, an internet mobile application, to solicit nude photographs from Kik users who were minor females as young as 12 years old.

He then traded those images with other Kik users to receive more images of child pornography.

On October 29, 2019, HSI agents executed a search warrant of Koerner’s residence and seized his cell phone, laptop, and external hard drive.

Analysis of the seized devices revealed approximately 121 unique images, nine unique videos depicting child pornography, and numerous images and videos depicting child erotica.

Koerner worked as an elementary school music teacher in Hartford and as a substitute teacher at various elementary, middle, and high schools in Connecticut after earning his teaching certification in 2018.

The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy V. Gifford.

As part of his plea agreement, Koerner was released on a $100,000 bond.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. government’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation.

Read more about Project Safe Childhood at www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.

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