Connecticut instructor took upskirt photographs of pupil

A Connecticut instructor took tons of of inappropriate images inside a highschool — together with upskirt pictures of an unsuspecting pupil at school, police stated.

Christian Stevenson, a former social research instructor and varsity golf coach at Rockville Excessive Faculty in Vernon, was arrested Monday on youngster pornography and voyeurism prices, the Hartford Courant reported.

Arrest warrant affidavits present cops had been tipped off by state police that the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters had information about pictures of suspected youngster porn being uploaded by Yahoo e-mail accounts, WFSB reported.

Investigators later linked the photographs of 48 younger women both nude, partially nude or performing a intercourse act to the 52-year-old Stevenson. They originated in Moldova in Jap Europe and date again to 2011, Vernon police stated.

However cops additionally discovered newer pictures on Stevenson’s iPhone through the execution of a search warrant at his house in September, together with tons of that gave the impression to be taken inside Rockville Excessive Faculty. He resigned final month after faculty district officers had been notified of the kid porn probe.

Cops acknowledged two college students, ages 15 and 17, within the photographs, which centered on younger feminine college students’ backsides, breasts or genitals. One picture confirmed an upskirt shot of a teen pupil in his social research class, cops stated in a single warrant.

Police interviewed the 15-year-old woman, who stated she was “extraordinarily distraught” by the revelation as a result of she had revered Stevenson a lot, the Hartford Courant reported.

The 17-year-old pupil whose bottom appeared in one of many photographs advised cops she nonetheless owned the shorts she was sporting on the time and “now felt the necessity to burn them,” police wrote in a warrant.

“A few of the images/recordings appeared to have been taken whereas Stevenson was sitting at a desk, others whereas behind college students in a hallway,” cops stated, WFSB reported. “I noticed pictures of scholars at college sporting occasions that appeared to have been taken covertly.”

Vernon Public Colleges put Stevenson on administrative go away on Sept. 15 when cops notified district officers that he was being investigated. He resigned the identical day, the station reported.

Stevenson, who taught on the faculty for 22 years, has been charged with importing youngster pornography, eight counts of voyeurism, 9 counts of disorderly conduct and associated counts.

The Vernon man was in custody Monday on $300,000 bond, the Hartford Courant reported.

An investigation is ongoing, police stated.