Oshawa teacher facing child porn charges after allegedly posing as girl on Facebook
Posted April 1, 2011 10:27 am.
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An Oshawa teacher is facing child porn charges after allegedly posing as a girl online but Durham Regional Police say there is no indication he approached children while working.
Stephen Martin, 38, is charged with luring, invitation to sexual touching, possession of child pornography and making child pornography. He has worked as an elementary school teacher in Durham Region since 1998.
Officers allege the suspect posed as a young woman on Facebook and via numerous email aliases, encouraging young men to send him nude or sexually explicit images. He then allegedly used these images to make pornography, police say.
Police say the suspect had the Facebook profile Ashley Mtthws and his Hotmail accounts were under the assumed name of Ashley M or Ashley Matthews.
Martin was arrested on Wednesday at his home on Magnolia Avenue, in the Harmony and Taunton Roads area. Police seized several computers and computer-related equipment as part of the raid.
According to police, the suspect worked at the following schools over the past 13 years:
- Dr. CF Cannon Public School
- Norman Powers Public School
- Sir William Stephenson Public School
- William Dunbar Public School
- Sir John A McDonald
- Cadarackque Public School
The online handles he allegedly used were as follows:
- Ashley.m3
- Ashley_m69
- tori.the.tiger
- Mmmyummycandy
- Killercows2005
- jessica.m99
- ashley.mmm
- ashley.m4
- ash.needs.a.name
- amanda.loves.abercrombie
- alix.bieber
- a.s.h.l.e.y.m
Anyone with new information can call police at 1-888-579-1520. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca.
