Reiner pleaded guilty to to a federal charge that he possessed child pornography.
Sep 27, 2006 - Michael Kelly Reiner, 46, a teacher at the Long Island School for the Gifted, was arrested on federal child pornography charges. Reiner who taught 4th thru 5th grades also operated a Web site devoted to sadistic fantasies and cannibalism.
Reiner's attorney questioned whether the government was in a position to criticize the actions of school officials -- "a school that certainly has a number of experts on its staff." Uh yeah.In making the recommendation for [permanent] detention, [federal prosecutor] Bode said school officials had not immediately taken the federal investigation seriously.
Bode, head of the child exploitation unit in the Eastern District, said that when agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently approached school authorities about contents of the Web site, they were told investigators "didn't understand the defendant's sense of humor ... and called customs officers 'ignorant.'"
Nov 18- A federal judge overturned a magistrate's recommendation that would have released Reiner to his family.
Mar 21, 2006 - Reiner pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he possessed child pornography. Reiner's home was searched after he aroused suspicion while crossing into Canada with a collection of photos showing boys as young as 4 posing in their underwear and bathing suits, prosecutors said. At his home at the time of his arrest, they found he possessed at least 70 still images and 42 video clips on his computer depicting children engaged in sexually explicit activities, they said.
Sentencing is Aug 10.
