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Massachusetts school worker arrested on child pornography charges.
Summary
A 19-year-old Shrewsbury school employee was arrested after police say child pornography images were found on his social media account; authorities say the district will cooperate with Lunenburg police and conduct its own investigation.
Content
A 19-year-old employee of Shrewsbury public schools was arrested after police say child pornography images were found on his social media account. The arrest took place at the suspect's family home in Lunenburg. School leaders said they will cooperate with the criminal investigation and run a separate review. The reports have left some families upset and seeking answers.
Known details:
- Lunenburg police arrested Aiden York and charged him with two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of dissemination of visual material of a child in a state of nudity or sexual conduct.
- York worked as an ABA technician paraeducator and in extended school care at Sherwood Middle School, Beal School, and Spring Street School, and had previously worked in the Lunenburg district.
- Investigators say the images were discovered on Snapchat, and police reported York admitted in a post-Miranda interview to receiving the material from someone he met on TikTok and to possessing and sharing it.
- Officials stated the investigation is not connected to any students at the schools named in reports.
- Shrewsbury Public Schools said it will fully cooperate with Lunenburg police and will conduct its own investigation.
Summary:
Officials report the employee was arrested and charged after investigators found and say he admitted to possessing and sharing illicit images. Local police are handling the criminal investigation and the school district will conduct a separate review. Undetermined at this time.
