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4 days ago
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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.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
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N.Y. High School Teacher Allegedly Posed as a Teen on Snapchat to Solicit Explicit Material from Minors: Police
New York teacher Ryan McCaffery was investigated by the Bergen County, N.J., Prosecutors' Office for child sex abuse crimes in 2022, and was arrested on six sex-related crimes in February 2025 After his arrest, the New York State Police investigated him and named him a suspect in a similar December 2024 case He surrendered himself to the NYSP on Monday, May 12 and was arrested and charged with 11 sex-related crimesOne New York teacher has been charged and pleaded not guilty to 11 sex-related crime charges, after allegedly posing as a minor when asking minors for pornographic images, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE. Ryan McCaffery, 37, was charged with three counts of disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree, three counts of attempted use of a child in a sexual performance who is under 17 years old, three counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17, as well as one count for promoting a sexual performance by a child under 17 and another count of possession of sexual performance by a child, according to New York State Police (NYSP) news release. In January 2025, a search warrant was executed, and several of McCaffery's electronic devices were seized from his residence in suspected connection with sexual online chat conversations with juvenile victims under the age of 13 in 2022 in Bergen County, N.J. He allegedly communicated with a victim under the age of 13, while "purporting to be a juvenile but suspected to be an adult male," per the Bergen County, N.J., Prosecutors' Office on Friday, Feb. 14, news release. McCaffery was then interviewed by the NYSP Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) and Bergen County, N.J., Prosecutors' Office. He was subsequently arrested in February 2025 and charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree child endangerment, and two counts of fourth-degree lewdness, according to the office's news release. McCaffery, a former Riverhead High School social studies teacher and coach, resigned from the Riverhead Central School District on Feb. 5 — just nine days before he was arrested in Bergen County. Interim Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said in a Monday, May 12, statement that charges against McCaffery do not involve students from Riverhead High School, per Riverhead Local. After his arrest in New Jersey, the NYSP's Computer Crime Unit and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office executed multiple search warrants and subpoenas. As a result, it was found that a stranger, who was later revealed to be McCaffery, 'was requesting nude photos and engaging in sexual acts while video chatting with victims on Snapchat,' per the NYSP. Over the past several months, the NYSP BCI continued investigating him regarding December 2024 allegations. On Monday, May 12, he surrendered himself to the NYSP in Riverside, N.Y. He was arrested, charged and transported to Suffolk County First District Court for arraignment. McCaffery is scheduled to appear in New Jersey court on Thursday, May 15, and Monday, June 16 in Long Island, N.Y. This investigation is ongoing. Any parent or guardian who believes their child received inappropriate communications from the Snapchat username 'C_chambers77' should contact the New York State Police at 631-756-3300. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor. If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Read the original article on People
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.
