FLORIDA
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Author: Dawn Brooks, Online Editor, Producer
Sheli Muniz, Reporter, smuniz@wkmg.com
ORLANDO, Fla. –
An Edgewater teacher was arrested Monday on charges of producing and distributing child pornography, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
According to a criminal complaint, Matthew C. Graziotti, 42, an elementary teacher at Warner Christian Academy, distributed 141 pictures and six videos that depicted sexual abuse and exploitation of children to an FBI agent who was acting in an undercover capacity.
In addition, thousands of child porn pictures were found on Graziotti’s computer Monday during the execution of a search warrant.
The DOJ said one of the files on Graziotti’s computer found by agents showed a picture of him sexually abusing a prepubescent boy. They later found the camera used to take the photograph.
Through an investigation, officials learned that Graziotti teaches elementary school, is the director of the school’s summer day camp program, and he formerly worked as a youth pastor at a church in Edgewater, the DOJ said.
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