John Stelmack
Posted by: Webmaster in Administrators, Elementary Schools, Florida, ME-CP(12/21/07 - Initial BBT Report)
John Stelmack, 60, the principal at Scott Lake Elementary School in Lakeland, Florida was arrested today on suspicion of possessing and creating child pornography.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit arrested Stelmack at his Lakeland home Friday morning on five counts of possession of child pornography with bond set at $100,000.
Stelmack, who has been principal at the South Lakeland school for about 1½ years, has been on paid administrative leave since last Friday while the sheriff’s office investigated the allegations.
It is alleged that Stelmack took routine photographs of children in a school setting, including a 10-year-old who attended Scott Lake Elementary last year, and digitally superimposed their faces onto nude images. The identified girl’s facial image was on four of the pictures, and another unidentified female child’s face was placed on the body of another nude image.
Stelmack came to the attention of deputies when the school seized Stelmack’s briefcase as part of an administrative investigation. Inside the briefcase were five images of child pornography, which were allegedly created by Stelmack.
Stelmack is married and has two adult children and came to Polk County, Florida from the New York state school system.
12/24/07 - Stelmack Released On Bail
John Stelmack was released on bail Saturday afternoon after a judge reduced his bail amount from $100,000 to $10,000 per-charge.
References:
Accused Principal Out of Jail on Bail (12/23/07)
Scott Lake Elementary Principal Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography (12/21/07)
Deputies: Principal modified porn to include student (12/21/07)
Principal Allegedly Superimposed Child’s Face On Nude Images (12/21/07)
Police: Principal Cropped Student’s Face Onto Pornographic Images (12/21/07)
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