Massachusetts Teacher Arrested on Child Porn Charges

A Massachusetts teacher has been arrested on child pornography charges, prosecutors announced Friday.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 20-year-old Ian Silver-Eck, also known as Ian Henning, of Revere, was arraigned Friday on charges of possessing obscene material and possessing child pornography.

A source tells necn that the images discovered were of children under 12.

For more than a year, Silver-Eck has worked part-time as a teacher for "Build-It-Yourself," a company offering after-school programs across Massachusetts. According to a law enforcement source, Silver-Eck worked part-time in Brookline Public Schools and at Lawrence Academy in Groton.

Prosecutors had requested that Silver-Eck's bail be set at $10,000, but a judge set it at $1,000. State authorities had also requested that the suspect be required to wear a GPS monitor, stay away from his employer's after-school programs, not use the Internet, and have no unsupervised contact with children under 18.

John Galinato of Build it Yourself described Silver-Eck as "a solid teacher."

"He has never been late for class. He knows our art and technology lesson materials and prepares well for classes," Galinato wrote in a statement. "Ian is professional, polite, helpful and easy going in classes."

Silver-Eck is due back in court May 20.

More to come.

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