Clearwater, FLORIDA

July 31, 2008 - Aaron J. Stewart, 28, was set to teach at Clearwater Middle School this fall and who has worked at various schools in the Pinellas County School district, was arrested on charges of child pornography possession.

Investigators discovered Stewart's possession of child pornography during an undercover internet investigation that identified known images of child pornography and traced the files back to Stewart's computer. A search warrant was executed at Stewart's Clearwater home and his computer was seized, along with additional computer equipment. Stewart admitted to knowingly possessing the images identified during the undercover investigation, many of which appeared to be of children as young as seven or eight years of age.
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Florida Attorney General's Office Press Release (dated July 31, 2008)
Stewart was booked into the Pinellas County Jail. He will be charged with one count of promoting the sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony, and eight counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony.