FLORIDA
Orlando Sentinel
By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel
12:41 p.m. EDT, July 15, 2014
A South Daytona elementary teacher and former youth pastor accused of possessing thousands of child pornography images — including some he produced — remained jailed Tuesday, while federal agents continue to investigate the case.
Matthew Graziotti, 42, was arrested Monday after FBI agents searched his Edgewater home and found the illegal images on his laptop, according to a criminal complaint filed in Orlando federal court.
The same day, Warner Christian Academy announced it suspended Graziotti, a fifth-grade teacher, without pay.
Agents began investigating Graziotti in May, when an undercover agent using a peer-to-peer file sharing program downloaded about 140 child pornography images and six videos from him.
When agents arrived at Graziotti’s house on Monday, that file sharing program was running on his laptop, and uploading and downloading files with names that were indicative of child pornography, the complaint said.
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