(UPDATED) – Rochester Teacher Faces Child Pornography Charges
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A privately operated school in Rochester today issued a statement in response to the arrest of a former teacher.
Resurrection Lutheran School has confirmed that 37-year-old Wolf Brian Parsons had been employed as a teacher at the Northwest Rochester school prior to his arrest last Friday. A statement issued by the school indicates he has not been on campus since and his employment has been terminated.
Parsons was arraigned today in Olmsted County Court on charges of dissemination and possession of child pornography. The criminal complaint in the case indicates Rochester police discovered numerous images of suspected child sexual abuse materials involving children between the ages of 5 and 14 when a search warrant was executed at his home last week.
Resurrection Lutheran School, in its statement, indicated there is no evidence that the situation involved any of the school's students, but "our school family is stunned and saddened by this discovery."
Rochester police indicated the investigation into Parsons began after investigators received cyber tips relating to one image and two videos of suspected child sexual abuse material that were found on Skype. The court document says investigators were able to link an IP address associated with the cyber tip to Parsons.
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Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A child pornography investigation has led to the arrest of a Rochester man.
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That’s according to a news release issued on Tuesday morning by the Rochester Police Department.
The case began in February, after Rochester police received a cyber tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the investigation.
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Police have identified the arrested man as 37-year-old Wolf Parsons. Police say he was taken into custody on March 10, three days after law enforcement executed a search warrant at his home.
Olmsted County Adult Detention Center records indicate Parsons was booked into jail on suspicion of dissemination and possession of child pornography at 1:00 Monday afternoon.
According to the criminal complaint, which was filed in Olmsted County Court Tuesday morning, law enforcement traced suspected child sexual assault material being found in a skype account traced to Parsons.
During the search, investigators seized multiple devices belonging to Parsons. Detective found numerous images of children ages 5-14 engaging in sexual acts with adults, other children and themselves, the complaint says.
Law enforcement found one image depicting a 6-8 year old boy engaging in a sexual act and a video showing a 6-8 year old boy and an adult engaging in a sexual acts. Both filed were uploaded to Parson's Skype Account, the charges allege
Parsons is charged with one count of dissemination of child pornography and one count of poession of child pornoraphy. His conditional bail was set at $5,000 Tuesday morning and he's due back in court later this month.
Story updated to include information from the criminal complaint filed against Parsons.
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