密苏里州中学前副校长 Daniel Ott 被联邦起诉：被控接收儿童性虐待材料 已出庭不认罪
美国司法部密苏里东区联邦检察官办公室宣布，密苏里州一所中学的前副校长 Daniel Ott 已在 St. Louis 的联邦地区法院被起诉。现年41岁的 Ott 于10月14日被控一项接收儿童色情材料的罪名，本周一出庭并作无罪答辩。
起诉书指控，Ott 在2024年9月1日至2026年9月3日期间接收含有儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）的文件。同日被起诉的 Juan C. Valencia（43岁）被控一项分销儿童色情材料罪名，已于周四出庭并作无罪答辩；检方称两案涉及相同期间与部分相同文件。
司法部称，两项罪名如成立，每项可判处5至20年监禁。案件由移民与海关执法局（ICE）国土安全调查部门与 St. Charles County 网络犯罪工作队调查，助理联邦检察官 Sila Karacal 负责起诉。
起诉书所载仅为指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
Former Missouri Middle School Assistant Principal Daniel Ott Indicted on a Federal Child Pornography Charge
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that Daniel Ott, the former assistant principal of a Missouri middle school, has been indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Ott, 41, was indicted on Oct. 14 with one count of receiving child pornography and appeared in court on Monday, pleading not guilty.
The indictment accuses Ott of receiving files containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) between Sept. 1, 2024, and Sept. 3, 2026. Juan C. Valencia, 43, was indicted the same day with one count of distribution of child pornography and pleaded not guilty on Thursday; prosecutors say the cases involve the same period and some of the same files.
Each charge carries a potential penalty of five to 20 years in prison, the department said. Homeland Security Investigations and the St. Charles County Cyber Crime Task Force investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sila Karacal is prosecuting it.
Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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