A former Nampa School District employee was arrested on child pornography charge
A former Nampa School District employee has been arrested for alleged possession of child pornography, the Idaho attorney general’s office says.
Chad J. Longley, 42 of Boise, was arrested June 14 and charged June 16 by the U.S. attorney’s office in Idaho for possession of child pornography, according to a news release. The U.S. attorney’s office will prosecute the case.
Longley began working at the Nampa School District in 2003, Kathleen Tuck, a spokesperson for the district, told the Idaho Statesman. He first worked at South Middle School, Tuck said, before transferring to Sunny Ridge Elementary — which has since closed — for a year in 2011.
Longley later returned to work at the district office in 2017, where he was an administrator in the Personalized Learning initiative, which trains instructors how to use technology in the classroom.
In 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Longley began working as an instructional coach for Nampa Online Virtual Academy, Tuck said. He left in May. She added that there were never any allegations made about his behavior during his tenure with the school district.
According to the criminal complaint, Longley is charged with one federal count of possession of child pornography. If guilty, the charge is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and up to $250,000 in fines.
In an interview with investigators, Longley admitted to viewing sexual images of children between the ages of 11 and 18, according to a criminal complaint.
Longley was released pretrial on Tuesday, according to court documents.
The attorney general’s office asks that anyone with information about exploited children contact police or the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children task force at 208-947-8700.
Boise police assisted the attorney general’s Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children unit with the arrest.
This story was originally published June 16, 2021 at 5:47 PM.
