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« Reply #40 on: August 26, 2013, 11:20:44 PM »

I agree with your suspicions on a larger child pornography ring.  We don't even see the tip of the iceberg most of the time, imo. 

 
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« Reply #41 on: August 27, 2013, 12:17:41 PM »

I agree with your suspicions on a larger child pornography ring.  We don't even see the tip of the iceberg most of the time, imo. 

 

    

How is it that someone like this POS can slip through the background checks?  I know at one time, schools (and other institutions) would not press charges and even give satisfactory performance reports.   I am hoping if the Penn State trauma has anything positive, it will include school systems realizing they cannot sweep under the carpet their dirty laundry.  I am not saying this happened in this case, it just makes me wonder.
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« Reply #42 on: September 04, 2013, 03:22:32 PM »

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Ex-Texas-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-more-child-porn-222371791.html
Ex-Katy teacher pleads guilty to more child porn
September 4, 2013

SEALY, Texas -- An ex-kindergarten teacher already sentenced to 60 years in a Texas child pornography case has pleaded guilty in an international exploitation investigation.

Federal prosecutors in Houston on Wednesday said Stephen Wayne Sudduth of Sealy pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography. The  case involves images of children in a classroom when he taught in the Caribbean island of Curacao.

Sudduth faces up to 30 years in prison when he’s sentenced in November.
 
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« Reply #43 on: September 07, 2013, 09:21:54 PM »

http://www.amigoe.com/english/162498-former-teacher-confesses-committing-lewd-acts-at-isc

Former teacher confesses committing lewd acts at ISC   
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WILLEMSTAD — Stephen Sudduth (38), former kindergarten teacher at the International School of Curaçao (ISC), confessed to have committed lewd acts with children from that school and to have taken pornographic pictures of them.Sudduth confessed this before the court in Houston, Texas, Robert Stanton of the Houston Chronicle reported. Sudduth pled guilty to two charges of producing child pornography. With this confession he could reduce the punishment. Instead of life imprisonment he has fifteen to thirty years imprisonment hanging over his head and a maximum fine of 250,000 dollars. Judge Nancy Atlas will pronounce judgment on November 22nd.

In July 2009 a large-scale investigation started after a tip that Sudduth had child pornography on his computer. Tens of thousands of pictures were indeed discovered. The imputations regarded the period that Sudduth taught at the ISC. Some pictures were taken in the kindergarten class of this school. In December 2009 and May 2010 criminal investigators and a specialized interviewer of children flew to Curaçao where they succeeded in identifying and interviewing the children on the pictures in question. Prior to ISC, Sudduth taught at the Nottingham Elementary School in the Katy Independent School District from 2000 to 2006. In June 2009 he returned to the US with his wife, who was also a teacher at ISC. He was arrested in July. Besides teaching at the ISC, he was also a minder of pupils after school hours. He was charged with 30 counts for possession of child pornography and ten counts for distribution of such.
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« Reply #44 on: September 07, 2013, 09:32:12 PM »

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Ex-Katy-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-overseas-child-4784170.php

Ex-Katy teacher pleads guilty to overseas child porn
By Robert Stanton | September 3, 2013

A former Katy elementary school teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he molested school children in Curacao and took pornographic photographs of them, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston.

Stephen Wayne Sudduth, 38, of Sealy, entered a plea of guilty to two counts of production of child pornography.

An international, multiagency probe was launched in July 2009 after the Texas Attorney General's Office received a tip concerning Sudduth that led to a search of his Sealy residence. There, investigators seized a laptop computer and two external hard drives that contained child pornography, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced Tuesday.

 

Sudduth taught fifth grade and kindergarten at Nottingham Elementary School in the Katy Independent School District from 2000 to 2006. He resigned to teach overseas.

Beginning in 2006, Sudduth taught, tutored and babysat 4- and 5-year-old children at a private school, the International School of Curacao in Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

It was at this school that, investigators allege, Sudduth assaulted and photographed school children.

In June 2009, Sudduth returned to Texas and tried to get a job at Tobias Elementary in the Hays Consolidated School District. He was arrested a month later by state officials on 30 counts of possession of child pornography and 10 counts of promotion of child pornography.

He remained in jail in Austin County in lieu of $500,000 bail until he was transferred to federal custody, authorities said.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas, who accepted the guilty plea, set sentencing for Nov. 22, 2013.

Sudduth faces from 15 to 30 years in federal prison, as well as a possible maximum fine of $250,000.

Upon completion of any prison term imposed, he also faces a maximum of life on supervised release during which the court can impose a number of special conditions designed to protect children and prohibit the use of the Internet, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The charges against Sudduth stemmed from an international investigation conducted by members of the Houston office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the office of the Caribbean Attache for Homeland Security, the Texas Attorney General's Cybercrime Unit, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Curacao, a special task force unit in Curacao comprised of Dutch and local law enforcement officers, and the equivalent of the juvenile sex crimes unit of the Curacao Police Corps.

Houston Chronicle reporter Brian Rogers contributed to this report.
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"I can look back over the past 10 years and there were no steps wasted, and there are no regrets,'' she said. "I did all I knew to do and I think that gives me greater peace now." "I've lived every parent's worst nightmare and I'm the parent that nobody wants to be," she said.

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« Reply #45 on: September 07, 2013, 09:35:26 PM »

I just hope these sentences will be enough for him to die in prison.  I have no confidence in "supervised release" to protect children from him.  If he is released, he will offend again!  jmo

 
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« Reply #46 on: September 07, 2013, 09:55:00 PM »

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2013%20September/130903%20-%20Sudduth.html

Former Kindergarten Teacher Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Children
Sep. 03, 2013   

HOUSTON - Stephen Wayne Sudduth, 38, of Sealy, has entered a plea of guilty to two counts of production of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

The charges against Sudduth arose as a result of an international investigation conducted by members of the Houston office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the office of the Caribbean Attache for Homeland Security, the Texas Attorney General’s Cybercrime Unit, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Curacao, a special task force unit in Curacao comprised of Dutch and local law enforcement officers and the equivalent of the juvenile sex crimes unit of the Curacao Police Corps.

The investigation began in 2009 when the Texas Attorney General’s Office received a tip concerning Sudduth. A state search warrant for Sudduth’s residence in Sealy was secured and later executed on July 14, 2009. At that time, officers seized a laptop computer and two external hard drives which all were found to contain child pornography.

During the review of the images, officers observed images that contained Sudduth and images that appeared to have been taken in a classroom. They were able to confirm the classroom was at a school in Curacao and that Sudduth taught kindergarten at that school. Houston HSI agents were then contacted to handle the international aspect of the investigation.

Still images of young girls that constituted child pornography were located and found to have been taken with a digital camera.

In December 2009 and May 2010, HSI agents and a forensic child interviewer traveled to Curacao and were able to identify and interview the children depicted in the images.
           
U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas, who accepted the guilty plea, has set sentencing for Nov. 22, 2013, at which time he faces a sentence of at least 15 and up to 30 years in federal prison as well as a possible maximum fine of $250,000. Upon completion of any prison term imposed, Sudduth also faces a maximum of life on supervised release during which the court can impose a number of special conditions designed to protect children and prohibit the use of the Internet.

Sudduth has been in custody where he will remain pending his sentencing hearing.

This case, prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Stabe, 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. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."
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"I can look back over the past 10 years and there were no steps wasted, and there are no regrets,'' she said. "I did all I knew to do and I think that gives me greater peace now." "I've lived every parent's worst nightmare and I'm the parent that nobody wants to be," she said.

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« Reply #47 on: September 07, 2013, 10:19:30 PM »

I just hope these sentences will be enough for him to die in prison.  I have no confidence in "supervised release" to protect children from him.  If he is released, he will offend again!  jmo

 

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« Reply #48 on: September 17, 2013, 07:06:53 AM »

And then we have these teachers:

http://www.wnem.com/story/23450121/family-continues-fight-against-teachers-who-supported-sex-offender

Family continues fight against teachers who supported sex offender
 

The school board declined to take action on the staff who publicly supported Neal Erickson, the teacher who is convicted for sexually abusing the student.
 

These teachers actually requested that this guy not be fired and said what a great guy he is. Wow, just wow.
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« Reply #49 on: September 17, 2013, 02:32:56 PM »

And then we have these teachers:

http://www.wnem.com/story/23450121/family-continues-fight-against-teachers-who-supported-sex-offender

Family continues fight against teachers who supported sex offender
 

The school board declined to take action on the staff who publicly supported Neal Erickson, the teacher who is convicted for sexually abusing the student.
 

These teachers actually requested that this guy not be fired and said what a great guy he is. Wow, just wow.

The serial rapist teacher who raped multiple elementary aged kids then posted and sold the images of those rapes will receive the same sentence as the teacher who molested one 14 year old boy over a period of three years.

Why is the Stephen Sudduth, the subject of this thread, not being charged with being a serial child rapist?  He should be serving a much longer sentence than 15-30.
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« Reply #50 on: January 02, 2014, 12:36:51 PM »

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/west_university/news/former-kindergarten-teacher-heads-to-prison-for-sexually-exploiting-children/article_8587cc75-6f1f-5c11-be1d-b908e15081ce.html

Former kindergarten teacher heads to prison for sexually exploiting children

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Stephen Wayne Sudduth, 38, of Sealy, has been ordered to prison for 30 years following his convictions on two counts of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Sudduth entered a plea of guilty Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013.

The charges against Sudduth arose as a result of an international investigation conducted by members of the Houston office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the office of the Caribbean Attache for Homeland Security, the Texas Attorney General’s Cybercrime Unit, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Curacao, a special task force unit in Curacao comprised of Dutch and local law enforcement officers and the equivalent of the juvenile sex crimes unit of the Curacao Police Corps.

Today, U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas handed Sudduth a 360-month sentence for each of the two convictions which will be served concurrently. Sudduth received credit for the more than three years he has been in federal custody. Additional information was also presented today, including copies of some of the images and a written victim impact statement from the mother of one victim. Additionally, the mother of a second victim came to court and provided a statement. Sudduth was further ordered to pay restitution to the two victims and will serve 25 years of supervised release following completion of his prison term, during which time he will have to participate in counseling, have no contact with minors under the age of 18 and very limited access to computers and the Internet. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.

The federal sentence will also run concurrently with a 60-year sentence Sudduth received in August 2013 for promotion of child pornography in Austin County.

 

Sudduth has been in custody where he will remain pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

This case, prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Stabe, 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. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”
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« Reply #51 on: January 02, 2014, 12:40:54 PM »

Wish I could feel confident that he'll never get out.   
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« Reply #52 on: January 02, 2014, 02:55:05 PM »

Wish I could feel confident that he'll never get out.   


I know what you mean. 
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« Reply #53 on: January 02, 2014, 02:56:49 PM »

Wish I could feel confident that he'll never get out.   


I know what you mean. 

That came out kind of weird.  What I mean is, I have the same concerns. 
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« Reply #54 on: January 04, 2014, 08:54:43 AM »

Wish I could feel confident that he'll never get out.   


I know what you mean. 

That came out kind of weird.  What I mean is, I have the same concerns. 

 
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