西弗吉尼亚州前州众议员兼教师认罪：引诱14岁女生拍不雅照，面临至少15年监禁
美国司法部西弗吉尼亚南区联邦检察官办公室2026年11月11日宣布，西弗吉尼亚州 Fayette 县 Oak Hill 市36岁的 David Elliott Pritt 当日认罪，罪名是企图制作儿童色情制品。案发时，Pritt 是 Fayette 县学区的一名教师，同时担任西弗吉尼亚州众议院一个 Fayette 县选区的州众议员。
据法庭文件与庭上陈述，Pritt 自约2025年6月起至至少2026年1月，通过 Snapchat 与一名约14岁的女生联系。认罪时他承认，自己曾向女生发送不雅照片、向她示爱并表示对她有性方面的兴趣，并试图说服、引诱她拍摄自己的不雅照片再发给他。
2026年7月，Pritt 在调查中被捕，随后辞去西弗吉尼亚州议会职务，Fayette 县教育委员会先将他停职、其后解雇。联邦大陪审团于2026年8月19日起诉他。
Pritt 定于2027年3月4日量刑，面临强制最低15年、最高30年联邦监禁，至少5年、最高终身的监管释放，以及最高25万美元罚款；他还须登记为性犯罪者。此案由联邦地区法官 Irene C. Berger 主持听证，助理联邦检察官 Jennifer Rada Herrald 与 Amy L. McLaughlin 负责起诉。
联邦检察官 Moore Capito 表示，家长把孩子送到学校，是信任那里的成年人会保护孩子的安全，Pritt 辜负了这份信任；这次认罪是在与受害人及其家人商议后达成的。参与调查的机构包括国土安全部国土安全调查局（HSI）与 Fayette 县警长办公室。
此案是司法部「儿童安全计划」（Project Safe Childhood）的一部分。该计划由司法部于2006年5月启动，统筹联邦、州与地方资源，打击利用互联网剥削儿童的行为。
Former West Virginia Lawmaker and Teacher Pleads Guilty to Trying to Produce Child Pornography, Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced on November 11, 2026, that David Elliott Pritt, 36, of Oak Hill in Fayette County, West Virginia, pleaded guilty that day to attempted production of child pornography. At the time of the offense, Pritt was employed as a teacher with Fayette County Schools and represented a Fayette County district in the West Virginia House of Delegates.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Pritt communicated with an approximately 14-year-old girl using the Snapchat app beginning in about June 2025 and lasting through at least January 2026. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he sent the girl sexually explicit images, told her he loved her and was sexually attracted to her, and sought to persuade, induce and entice her to take sexually explicit images of herself and send them to him.
Following his arrest in July 2026, Pritt resigned from the West Virginia Legislature, and the Fayette County Board of Education suspended and then terminated his employment. A federal grand jury indicted him on August 19, 2026.
Pritt is scheduled to be sentenced on March 4, 2027. He faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. He must also register as a sex offender. U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger presided over the hearing, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Rada Herrald and Amy L. McLaughlin are prosecuting the case.
U.S. Attorney Moore Capito said parents send their children to school trusting that the adults there will keep them safe, and that Pritt violated that trust; he said the guilty plea was achieved in consultation with the victim and her family. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Fayette County Sheriff's Office.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the exploitation and abuse of children through the internet.
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