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Escambia High Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges
December 12, 2013
An Escambia High School teacher was arrested Wednesday on federal child pornography charges.
Jeffrey Bruce Richards, 63, was charged with the distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography. He made is initial appearance in federal court Wednesday.
According to a criminal complaint sworn to a FBI special agent, Richards used peer-to-peer software between December 2012 and December 2013 to share hundreds of images of child pornography online.
The complaint was a result of a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Pensacola Police Department and other members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David L. Goldberg.
Information released Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office does not indicate if Richards allegedly used any school district computers to trade pornography.
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19 Responses to “Escambia High Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges”
This is sad, I was a student of his in Milton. And I always felt like there was something wrong. But, he was also very very nice to us I thought of him as a good teacher, I loved his class. I was sexual abused as a younger child and this makes me itch. to think back was he being nice to all of us for a different reason… and to think I seen him in Walmart and I showed him my children… I guess you just really never know…
Wow. My daughter is a freshman at EHS. Put the pervert away!!
First I want to say .. Thank you to the FBI for doing good work to get this Criminal Child abuser away from doing more harm to more children . I’d like all of you out there whom think wow he was a nice man . I am here to tell you as a survivor of child sex abuse, That Most all these abusers are good at manipulation and more often than not are so called Upstanding people in appearance’s, in their communities and in their Jobs. Teachers and Catholic priests whom commit these crimes are especially heinous , since parents depend on them to TEACH the children a better way of life , Not to mention the Damages it does a Child for the rest of their lives ,Trust Issues can rarely ever be repaired, Social skill impaired , addiction fallows more often than not, as children whom have been abused try to cope with the Horrors of such a crime. May the children involved find Healing, May the Community gather to support those children , For the impact on society is grave. There is a solution , Its called support , its called Animal Therapy , Its called taking the time to encourage each other ,, each and everyone of you to open the dialogue with one another about Child Sex Abuse and How to be safe , To encourage those whom have been victimized to not be ashamed . Speaking from experience, I hope you people hear what I am telling you . Those whom abuse children in sex crimes do not stop , they just get better at hiding it. THANKS AGAIN FBI and now Go Investigate the CPS Escambia and Okaloosa county Florida for alleged Child Abuse and Abuse of government funds and false accusation against parents for financial gain of Federal Monies , Investigate the adoption between 2006 and 2009 associated with Catholic Social services and you just may find a even bigger case
He was my favorite teacher at MHS. I took several different classes with him and he married me and my (soon to be ex) husband. He was always caring, funny and conserned. I do not believe this. I hope they do a very thorough investigation and be 100% sure before they ruin his life. I have children and people like what hes been charged with are the most vile plagues on earth but it just doesn’t feel right to me.
He is my algebra teacher at Escambia high … I never knew he would do something like this, he ddidn’t seem to be the type to do this … he can stay locked up because he is a sick pervert … I can’t believe I sat in his class for not even half of the year and he was doing this… that makes me sick … itsit’s only my freshman year in Escambia and already this is happening … he is gross he can stay in jail … don’t free him !!!
Omg!!!! He was my teacher my 12 grade history. It makes me sick to think I sat in hes class half a school year, I can’t believe it , I would have never thought he would have done anything like this. It makes me think about when I have kids I may be will home school my children. But I pray for that family. It’s got to be hard to go through something like this.
I hope he gets placed in gen pop and gets what he deserves
I strongly agree with Daniel and jeeperman.. The producers of child pornography are the ones who are really exploiting these children in a terrible way.. Why is the FBI not able to do anything with them? I agree that the people who download this smut should also be prosecuted also because they are the ones who create the demand for this stuff!
Jeeperman, I agree. When will they actually catch the ones creating this stuff, or the ones that are distributing it. If law enforcement can track who is using it why not track the source. Better yet go after the search engines that are allowing this stuff to be shared using their iinfrastructure.
Wow. He was my teacher at Milton.. disgusting.
hell die in prison anyway just house arrest or anything else mental asylem something
He was my teacher at Milton High and was very nice, helpful, and always respectful. He also coached my cousins in the 80’s-90’s. Looking at the dates, this all started the month after his oldest (adult) child died. I understand being upset about anything that involves harm to children, believe me. Let’s reserve harsh remarks until after the facts of trial/evidence. That family has been through a lot of trauma losing a child, and now this, and could read these comments.
I hope to live long enough to read the news somewhere, anywhere that says johnny law caught and convicted someone that actually creates this sort of depravity.
Not just those that are lacking mental capacity and desire this crap.
God I can’t believe it he was my golf coach at Milton High School many years ago.
TEACHERS are suppose to be role models…they are suppose to set the bar higher and teach us in order for us to become better individuals…they are suppose to help us dream and help us grow as people, to help us get to that better place in our lives.
Shame on you!
Nail him! People like this give the teaching profession a bad name.
really? 63 years old and doing this kind of crap? At what point do you wake up and realize that something isn’t right in your head for behaving like this. And Ken, he was your teacher last year and you feel that way…..how do you think the kids that have been under him this year at Escambia feel? And the parents should be FURIOUS as well as sickened!! NO BAIL!!!!!!!!!!
Ew he was my teacher last year at okaloosa academy
what is wrong with this men.they cant get a woman there on age. its getting worse with this kind of stuff. they are sick and needs to be in prison with bubba and see what happens.use to you could really trust a teacher but now you never know.there are good teachers and they are sick ones like this. what has become of this world and these sick minds>