School teacher from MA arrested for possession of child pornography

BOSTON – A Narragansett School District high school math teacher was arrested and charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with receipt and possession of child pornography.

Warren Anderson, 26, of Lowell and Harvard, was charged with one count each of receipt and possession of child pornography. Anderson appeared before Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell yesterday afternoon and was ordered detained pending a probable cause and detention hearing on Monday, August 27th.

According to court records, law enforcement interviewed Anderson as part of an ongoing investigation into the online trade of child pornography through the use of Kik messenger. Anderson admitted to accessing websites on the dark web to obtain child pornography.

A preliminary on-scene forensic analysis by federal agents revealed the presence of child pornography including a video of an adult male repeatedly sexually assaulting a naked four-year-old girl, and an image of a child between the ages of three-and-five-years old – with visible tears in her eyes – being sexually assaulted by an adult male.

The charge of receipt of child pornography provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in prison. The charge of possession of child pornography provides for a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison. Both charges also provide for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 fine. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.