(11/05/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Jason T. Krockenberger, 36, a former earth science teacher at Pike High School in Indianapolis, Indiana has reportedly been charged by federal authorities with possession of child pornography.
The federal charges filed Wednesday allege that on June 10, 2009, Krockenberger possessed video files of girls engaged in sex.
Krockenberger came to the attention of authorities in June when he reportedly took his computer into The Computer Shop in Brownsburg, Indiana to get rid of a virus.
It is alleged that a store employee discovered child pornography videos on Krockenberger’s computer and reported him to the Brownsburg Police Department on June 18th.
It is also alleged that Brownsburg detectives, along with members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, completed a forensics preview examination and discovered numerous child pornography videos and images.
It is further alleged that Krockenberger admitted to detectives that he was in possession of child pornography videos on his home computer and his laptop computer and that he would take his laptop with him to the school and view them there.
Following his arrest in local police in June, Krockenberger was booked into the Hendricks County Jail on 16 child pornography counts and subsequently released on $5,000 bond.
Krockenberger faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of the federal charges. The original state charges carry a maximum of a year and a half in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count.
05/14/10 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing
Reportedly, Jason Krockenberger has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.
Krockenberger was sentenced to more than six years (80 months) in prison, and must register as a sex offender once released from prison.