Former School Aide Pleads Not Guilty to 13 Child Porn Charges

GREENBELT, MD — The former Prince George’s County school aide facing multiple charges of forcing elementary school students to perform sex acts that he filmed pleaded not guilty Friday to new federal charges, according to authorities.

A federal grand jury on Monday indicted Deonte Carraway, 22, of Glenarden, with 13 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography, involving 11 minor victims ranging in age from 9 to 12 years old. He was in U.S. District Court Friday to enter his plea on those charges.

According to court documents, Carraway was an assistant for Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School in Glenarden. This indictment replaces the criminal complaint, which included eight counts involving six victims.

According to the federal indictment, from October 11, 2015 through February 1, 2016, Carraway coerced and persuaded multiple children to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce videos of that conduct. The images produced include Carraway engaging in sexual activity with victims, as well as the victims engaging in sexually explicit conduct at Carraway’s direction, prosecutors claim.

Carraway remains in custody, reports WJLA. If convicted, he could face more than 100 years in prison.

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Carraway was originally charged with 10 counts of felony child pornography, sexual abuse of a minor and second-degree sexual offense.

Police said they found 40 videos Carraway made of children engaging in sex acts at the suspect’s direction.

Carraway faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years in prison followed by up to lifetime of supervised release for each of the 13 counts of production of child pornography. Carraway has an initial appearance scheduled in U.S. District Court on March 4.

Families Urged to Call FBI

FBI Special Agent in Charge Kevin Perkins last week reiterated the plea that anyone with information about the case, or other victims, contact authorities.

Call the FBI’s Baltimore office at 800-CALL-FBI or call the Prince George’s County Police at 301-772-4930.

Federal prosecutors would not have to call children to testify to prove the charges of producing child pornography. That will be a factor in determining how Carraway’s case proceeds, authorities said.