Former Riverside school counselor gets 30 years for producing child porn

Ex-Riverside school counselor gets 30 years for recording, possessing child porn

A former counselor at a Christian academy in Riverside was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 12, to 30 years in prison on federal charges for having possessed child pornography and producing it by secretly recording students using the boys’ restroom across from his office at the private school. During a March 2020 search of his Loma Linda home, police discovered Matthew Daniel Johnson possessed a laptop containing numerous illegal video files of prep…

Former Riverside school counselor gets 30 years for producing child porn

A former private school counselor in Riverside County was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography and hiding a camera in bathrooms used by children. Matthew Daniel Johnson, a 34-year-old Texas resident, was discovered to possess "several videos featuring minor boys engaged in sexual activity" when investigators raided his home in 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. "The videos depicted vi…

Former Riverside school counselor sentenced for child sexual abuse, placing camera in bathroom

Matthew Daniel Johnson admitted to law enforcement that he had hidden a pen-shaped recording device in a toilet paper holder inside a bathroom at La Sierra Academy.

Former Riverside School Counselor Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes, Including Hiding Cameras in Bathrooms

LOS ANGELES – A former counselor at a private school in Riverside County was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and placing a hidden camera inside bathrooms to film boys using the toilet and showers. Matthew Daniel Johnson, 34, of Bryan, Texas, was sentenced by United States District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, who scheduled a restitution hearing for May 28. Upon his eventual relea…