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Brashear High School Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A Brashear High School math teacher is facing child pornography charges.

Adam Deutsch, 51, faces charges including sexual abuse of children and criminal use of a communication facility. He has been placed on paid administrative leave.

The Allegheny County District Attorney Investigations Unit began investigating after Skype reported images of child pornography were uploaded through Deutsch's IP address.

Detectives and agents of the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant of the teacher's home.

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The man told investigators that he was in possession of around 60 images of child pornography and 30 videos of child pornography. He stated that the images depict children as young as infants and as old as 13 or 14.

Deutsch told police that he has never touched a child and that he loves his students.

He reported that he had been a teacher for the past 24 years, and a teacher at Brashear High School for the past six years. He told investigators he has been viewing child pornography for the past 15 to 20 years.

Meth was also found in his bedroom. Deutsch said he has been taking meth for a long time.

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