Fahrenkamp admitted to keeping child pornography on his school-issued laptop and also to taking inappropriate photos of a former male student during an out-of-state trip, according to court documents.
In May of 2010, Lakota school officials contacted the West Chester Police Department after receiving a complaint from a parent that Fahrenkamp was sending text messages to a student, according to the FBI. An initial review of Fahrenkamp’s school-issued laptop computer revealed that it had been used to access pornographic websites.
The laptop contained images of young males without their shirts on. Some of the individuals were identified as former Endeavor students, officials said.
On May 26, 2010, West Chester police executed a state search warrant at a hotel room where Fahrenkamp was staying. Officers seized a camera during the execution of that warrant.
A forensic review of the school laptop revealed a video file which depicted a naked pre-pubescent male and appeared to have been downloaded in 2008. A forensic review of the camera revealed photographs of a naked pubescent male.
The photographs on the camera also appeared to have been taken in 2008.
Fahrenkamp is scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 1. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
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