Minnesota School district employee charged with producing child sexual abuse images.
William Michael Haslach worked for Independent School District #622 (North St. Paul—Maplewood—Oakdale) and Independent School District #834 (Stillwater).
Court documents state that Haslach, while he occupied several positions of trust with children, used his access to children to take non-explicit photos of children in his care. Haslach then used those images to produce morphed/AI photos of those minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. As detailed in the indictment, Haslach also possessed and received child pornography involving children that were abused by others.
During the execution of a search warrant at Haslach’s home, officers recovered multiple USB drives, and devices containing child sexual assault material (CSAM). A preliminary examination revealed approximately 800 files of CSAM. A warrant search of Haslach’s cloud storage account revealed multiple CSAM files, some of which depicted videos of children as young as 3 to 4 years old.
In a post-Miranda interview, Haslach admitted that he has a sexual attraction to children. He admitted to meeting with others on Telegram, Teleguard andBlueSky.He said he obtains CSAM from those individuals that he meets through those applications. He denied that he has ever had sexual contact with a child.
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