Eventually, he would send and receive sexually explicit images to those minors.
On the other account, he posed as a 15-year-old boy.ĭeutsch “showered with compliments and pretended to be their boyfriend” using these accounts, according to investigators. Deutsch used two Facebook accounts to do so - with one of those accounts, he posed as a 33-year-old teacher. His conduct is criminal and deplorable,” United States Attorney Breon Peace said.Īccording to evidence, Deutsch targeted children as young as 10 and “enticed them into sending explicit photos of themselves.” He started joining Facebook groups in 2016 and established relationships with people who appeared to be minors. “Deutsch connected with young children over the Internet and exploited them for his own sexual gratification. He faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.
Jonathan Deutsch, 38, was found guilty on four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and six counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. (PIX11) - After a weeklong trial, a former Brooklyn high school teacher was found guilty of targeting children online and convincing them to create pornography for him.
