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Photographer Pleads Gulty to Child Exploitation Charges

Posted/updated on: October 4, 2014 at 7:48 am
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Todd FlemingTYLER (Staff/AP) – In federal court in Tyler, A 54-year-old McKinney, Texas photographer has pleaded guilty to child exploitation charges. Todd Fleming pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual exploitation of children in an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell. Officials say Fleming took senior photos and other images for some Tyler Independent School District students from 1999 to 2007 and coerced minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography. Fleming was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 17, 2013 and charged with child exploitation violations.

“This criminal case should serve as a wake-up call to all parents to regularly monitor their children’s friends and Internet behavior, and to educate their children of the potential dangers of online predators,” said David M. Marwell, special agent in charge of HSI Dallas. “For years, this school photographer assumed the online identities of many young girls to entice other girls to produce child pornography for him. At the same time, he groomed still other young girls to produce his own child pornography.”

“Thank goodness that Todd Fleming will no longer be able to prey on unsuspecting children,” said U.S. Attorney Bales. “Kudos to the investigative team who successfully brought Fleming to his well-deserved appointment with justice. And I agree with SAC Marwell – the most important takeaway from this case is the need for parental vigilance and communication with their children. For our part, we will continue to have zero tolerance for child pornographers.”



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