Story dated Mar 5, 2007 -
Daniel Platt, 50, an English teacher Middlebrook Middle School teacher, has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
Millbrook admitted possessing hundreds of images of children engaged in sexually explicit activities, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Platt also faces state charges of sexual abuse and sodomy involving an 11-year-old girl. The girl was not a student of Platt’s. That case has been continued pending resolution of the federal charges.
Full Name: Daniel L. Platt
U.S. Dept. of Justice Press Release (Dated Mar 6, 2007
Platt is also facing charges at the state level for sexual abuse and sodomy of an 11-year-old girl who was not a student or former student of Platt’s. Platt was arrested for those charges on March 7, 2006. The state case, which is being prosecuted by District Attorney Randall Houston, has been continued pending resolution of the federal charges. The sexual abuse charge is a class C felony punishable by a sentence of one year and a day to up to 10 years. Sodomy is a class A felony punishable by a sentence of 10 years to life.Update May 31 - Platt was sentenced ten years in prison and lifetime supervised release for possession of hundreds of images of children involved in sexually explicit activities. He still faces sex charges for sexual abuse and sodomy of an 11-year-old girl.
He joins a long list of educators
sentenced for child pornography in the last eight months.
Educators pleaded guilty but are not yet sentenced.
