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Celina Teacher Arrested Again on Child Pornography Charge Following Police Probe

Police cite new evidence leading to a warrant, with plans to notify parents if any child was affected.

Overview

  • William Caleb Elliott, 26, turned himself in on October 9 and was booked into the Collin County Jail on a second-degree felony count of possession or promotion of child pornography, police said.
  • The Moore Middle School sixth-grade history teacher and eighth-grade football coach was first arrested October 3 after a search at the campus on a state jail felony invasive visual recording charge.
  • Celina ISD placed Elliott on indefinite administrative leave and notified families, saying it did not yet have information on which students, if any, might be impacted.
  • The Celina Police Department said parents of any affected children would be contacted by the Criminal Investigation Division and provided department and district support contacts.
  • Officials note that Texas law treats the new allegation as a second-degree felony, and reports identify Elliott as the son of Celina High School head football coach Bill Elliott.