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Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
L.I. teacher accused of posing as teen to solicit nude photos of underage girls
A former Long Island high school teacher who allegedly posed as a teen to solicit explicit images from underage girls has been indicted for promoting a sexual performance by a child and related charges, officials said Thursday. Ryan McCaffery, a former social studies teacher at Riverhead High School, was arrested May 12 by New York State Police following a months-long investigation. The 37-year-old Ridge resident is accused of using a fake Snapchat name to communicate with 'female children,' according to the Suffolk County district attorney. A multi-agency investigation began in Suffolk County last fall when detectives received a tip about an individual who'd allegedly shared child sexual abuse material on the messaging app Kik. Earlier this year, police executed a search warrant at McCaffery's home and recovered several electronic devices. A forensic analysis of those devices revealed the defendant had allegedly been communicating with 'multiple underage girls' while posing as a teenager on Snapchat. According to prosecutors, he sent images of his exposed genitals to the victims and requested nude photos in return. Authorities said McCaffery had also been investigated in Bergen County, N.J., after parents reported their daughters had experienced similar things on Snapchat. An investigation determined McCaffery had 'requested nude photos and engaged in sexual acts while video chatting' with victims under the age of 13. He was taken into custody in New Jersey on Feb. 14 and charged with sexual assault, child endangerment and lewdness. The case, which is not related to McCaffery's case in Suffolk County, is still pending. McCaffery was arraigned on Wednesday for the charges in New York, including multiple counts of attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and disseminating indecent material to minors. His bail was set at $100,000 cash, $400,000 bond, or a $1 million partially secured bond. He's due back in court July 17.
NDTV
14-05-2025
- NDTV
Former Teacher Posed As Teen On Snapchat, Had Explicit Chats With Minors
A former New York school teacher was arrested on Monday for allegedly posing as a teenager and extorting sexually explicit photographs from minors, police said. Ryan J McCaffery, who earlier taught at the Riverhead High School teacher, is accused of three counts of disseminating indecent material to minors, three counts of attempted use of a child - under 17 years of age - in a sexual performance and three counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17. Apart from that, the 37-year-old also faces charges of promoting a sexual performance by a child under 17 and possession of a sexual performance by a child. McCaffery has pleaded not guilty to all 11 charges, police said in a statement. In January 2025, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations (NYSP BCI) in Riverside and the Troop L Computer Crime Unit (CCU) carried out a search warrant at McCaffery's NY residence. The raid occurred after the Internet Crime Against Children (ICAC) received a cyber tip. The police seized several electronic devices from his residence. Post the search, McCaffery was interviewed, arrested and charged on February 14, 2025, with two counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree child endangerment, and two counts of fourth-degree lewdness in Bergen County, police said. The charges were framed after McCaffery's online conversations with juvenile victims under the age of 13 came to light. He used the Snapchat account C_chambers77 to ask for these images. Following a thorough investigation that lasted several months, McCaffery turned himself in to the New York State Police in Riverside, New York, where he was taken into custody and prosecuted. McCaffery was transported to Suffolk County First District Court for arraignment, the police said. The New York State Police and Suffolk County District Attorney's Office probe is still underway to determine if more victims existed.
New York Post
13-05-2025
- New York Post
Long Island teacher who pretended to be a minor to fool kids into sending dirty pics hit with unsettling new charges: report
An allegedly skeezy former Long Island teacher was slapped with new child porn charges — months after New Jersey cops said he posed as a minor to troll kids for explicit photos. Ryan McCaffery, 37, trudged into a Suffolk County courtroom Monday to face arraignment on a slew of sickening sex crime charges, including promoting a sexual performance of a child under 17 and possession of child porn, court records show. The Ridge man is accused of asking kids under the age of 14 for nude photos on Snapchat, as well as engaging in sexual acts during the degenerate chats, Newsday first reported. The chats unfolded in December, police said. 3 Ryan McCaffery was arrested a second time this week on accusations he had explicit online chats with children. News 12 Long Island 3 McCaffery resigned from Riverhead High School before he was charged in New Jersey. Google Maps 3 Both cases against McCaffery resulted from a New York State Police cyber crime probe, cops said. Bergen County Sheriff's Office McCaffery, a former social studies teacher and coach at Riverhead High School, had been arrested during February in a separate, but connected Bergen County, New Jersey case. Garden State cops said McCaffery had requested nude photos from two kids under the age of 13 during explicit online chats in 2022. Those accusations arose from a New York State Police cyber crime investigation that led to a Jan. 17 raid on McCaffery's home, police said. McCaffery sat for a joint interview with state and Bergen County police that led to the New Jersey charges, cops said. He resigned from Riverhead schools shortly before those charges dropped — and school officials were steadfast they didn't involve local kids. Likewise, the kids allegedly victimized in the new case aren't Riverhead students, Newsday reported. McCaffery pleaded not guilty to the 11 counts leveled by Suffolk County prosecutors and a judge set bail with non-monetary conditions, records show. He's next due to appear in New Jersey court on Thursday, and June 16 in Long Island.
