Overview

• Jaron Woodsley was arrested Friday after a federal complaint unsealed in Chicago charged him with receiving and distributing child pornography via Telegram.
• The complaint alleges he shared at least 13 videos of child sexual abuse material and received six more from a Colorado defendant previously indicted by a federal grand jury.
• He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez, who ordered him held in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing next week.
• Chicago Public Schools immediately removed him from his teaching position and opened an Office of Inspector General investigation upon learning of the charges.
• Prosecutors say a conviction carries a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.