Mark Stutheit, Child Pornography, Texas 2016

Federal authorities have arrested a 59-year-old teacher at Reinhardt Elementary School in Dallas, Texas, on a federal complaint charging him with receipt of child pornography.

Mark Stutheit, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, was taken into federal custody following his arrest last week. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton ordered that Stutheit remain in federal custody after a probable cause and detention hearing in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas.

According to the complaint filed in the case, the investigation began last month when an undercover officer with the Queensland Police Service in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and Stutheit exchanged emails about the sexual exploitation of children.

On June 23, 2016, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant at Stutheit’s residence in Saginaw, Texas. A forensic evaluation of evidence seized revealed numerous files containing child pornography on Stutheit’s computer and mobile devices.

The maximum statutory penalty for the offense as charged is not less than five years or up to 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and a lifetime of supervised release.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Anyone who may have been victimized in this case is asked to contact HSI at its toll-free number: 1-866-347-2423.

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