OH - Teacher Kevin Hedrick, 37, charged for trying to solicit mother of 14-year old girl for sex; possessing CSAM - 1/11/23

[Bishop Black]

Teacher Allegedly Tried to Arrange Sex With Girl, 14, But He Was Talking to an Undercover Agent

He thought he was talking to the girl's mother while attempting to arrange the hookup

people.com

A married Ohio high school teacher faces federal child pornography charges after he was accused of trying to meet up with a 14-year-old girl for sex. Though he allegedly thought he was communicating with the girl's mother on a messaging app, he was instead talking to an undercover agent, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Investigators tracked Kevin Hedrick, 37, of New Franklin, on the app Kik, where he allegedly used the alias Mike Smith.
There, he allegedly responded to a chatroom post from the undercover agent, who was posing as a mother of two daughters, aged 5 and 14.

Hedrick, a social studies teacher at Medina High School, has been charged in Cleveland federal court with two counts of child pornography: receipt of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and enticing or coercing a minor to engage in prostitution or any criminal sexual activity.

He's also accused of using the school district's internet services to access his Kik account, according to court documents, where investigators allegedly found hundreds of images of child pornography depicting children between the ages of 7 and 13.

 

[borndem]

If this person did what is charged against him, what a sick idiot he is. Did he not think it would be found out?
I've never heard of K** before (not sure if I can print that word here on WS). Anyhow, he is in Big Trouble. A teacher, of all things. Shame, shame on him.
I wonder what made the investigators look at him? Or were they just "cruising around" on various online sites? Whatever, glad they found him.
SMH.

 

[Knox]

Gross!!