A former elementary faculty instructor in La Puente has been charged with two counts of receiving baby pornography and two counts of possession, the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace in Los Angeles stated Friday.
Steven Pilar, 47, had been scheduled for arraignment on a federal grand jury indictment in U.S. District Court docket in downtown L.A. on Friday. He had been indicted in July and arrested earlier this month in Las Vegas, the place he resides. On the time, he was ordered jailed with out bond.
The indictment alleged that Pilar used BitTorrent, a digital file-sharing protocol, to knowingly obtain 400-plus movies and pictures of kid intercourse abuse materials in February and April 2020. On the time, Pilar taught at a La Puente elementary faculty; he not works there, in keeping with the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace.
“This defendant, whose former job put him able of belief with youngsters, is accused of taking part in an underground market that trades on the sexual exploitation of children,” stated Martin Estrada, U.S. lawyer for the Central District of California, in a press release. “Defending youngsters from sexual predators is essential and my workplace will likely be unrelenting in our efforts to punish those that commit these crimes.”
Pilar would face a compulsory minimal sentence of a minimum of 5 years in federal jail if he’s convicted. The case was investigated by the FBI and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division.
