A former Wayne County teacher, arrested on state child porn charges in New York and Virginia, is now facing federal charges as well.
Federal prosecutors charged 28-year-old Matthew Holland of Newark Monday with producing, receiving and possessing child porn, as well as enticing a minor.
He was arrested in March after police in Leesburg, Virginia learned a Snapchat user had been engaging in sexually explicit conversations with a 14-year-old girl and received nude photos from her. He then threatened to release the photos to the internet if she didn’t send him more. The Snapchat ID was then traced to Holland.
A search of his home turned up child porn images, and also that Holland had hidden cameras in his photography studio in Newark to record customers, including minors, changing their clothes.
Holland had been a faculty member at Newark High School. He’s being held without bail.