NJ High School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sharing Explicit Images With Student

A 53-year-old high school instructor from Springfield acknowledged having child pornography following communication with a minor on Wednesday, April 23, according to officials.

From February 2023 through July 2023, Michael Hamilton, serving as the band director at Union High School, started communicating with a minor over the internet, according to statements from the Justice Department. The department reported that Hamilton and this minor engaged in an exchange involving hundreds of sexually graphic texts, images, and video content.

Hamilton later met the minor and recorded their sexual encounter on video, US Attorney Alina Habba said. Law enforcement seized a copy of the video during a search of his home in October 2023.

When Hamilton is sentenced in September, he will face a minimum term of 15 years in prison, according to Habba.

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