Special Ed Teacher Indicted on Child Porn Charges

A special education teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School faces up to 30 years in prison on federal charges of distributing and possessing child pornography.

The Associated Press reports Peter Flynn, 61, of Silver Spring was arrested Friday.

He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted of distributing pornography. The possession charges carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison upon conviction.

The two-count indictment alleges Flynn distributed child pornography on April 3, 2014 and possessed it on Sept. 30, 2014.

When the Montgomery County Public School system learned of the charges in September, WUSA TV reports that Flynn was removed from the classroom and put on administrative leave. There is no indication any B-CC students were involved.

Montgomery County Public Schools spokesperson Dana Tofig gave the TV station a statement that read, in part:

“The allegations against him in this case are not related to his job. … As soon as we were notified that an indictment had been handed down, the principal notified the community as quickly as possible.”

The statement said Flynn began in MCPS in May 1978 as a substitute teacher’s assistant. He was hired as a special education paraeducator at B-CC in 1979 and in 1980 became a special education teacher at B-CC and worked there until September.