AUSTIN -
An Austin County Grand Jury has indicted a former elementary school teacher on child pornography charges.
Authorities arrested Stephen Wayne Sudduth, 34, of Sealy. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Office says more than 57,000 images and a thousand videos were found during an examination of Sudduth's computers.
"An elementary school educator possessing thousands of sexually explicit images and video of children frightens parents around the state," Attorney General Abbott said. "Today's indictment reflects the Cyber Crime Unit's continued focus to capture the worst of the worst cyber criminals. Investigators will continue working to stop sexual predators from exploiting children online."
A tip led the Cyber Crimes unit to begin investigating Sudduth.
In July, Sudduth resigned from a teaching job he was about to begin in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. Before that, Sudduth used to be an elementary school teacher in Katy ISD.
Authorities arrested Stephen Wayne Sudduth, 34, of Sealy. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Office says more than 57,000 images and a thousand videos were found during an examination of Sudduth's computers.
"An elementary school educator possessing thousands of sexually explicit images and video of children frightens parents around the state," Attorney General Abbott said. "Today's indictment reflects the Cyber Crime Unit's continued focus to capture the worst of the worst cyber criminals. Investigators will continue working to stop sexual predators from exploiting children online."
A tip led the Cyber Crimes unit to begin investigating Sudduth.
In July, Sudduth resigned from a teaching job he was about to begin in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. Before that, Sudduth used to be an elementary school teacher in Katy ISD.
