NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials filed federal charges on Thursday against a former teacher at an exclusive New York City private school that police said had 1,500 images of child pornography on his phone.
According to authorities, 69-year-old John Mueser is already facing charges for allegedly molesting a 7-year-old girl he was tutoring in Connecticut last year.
"Announcements of charges like those we bring today should make anyone's stomach turn," the FBI's Bill Sweeney said. "Mueser allegedly induced his 7-year-old tutoring student to engage in sexually-explicit conduct and recorded it on his phone."
Officials launched an investigation after the father of the girl he was tutoring in Greenwich learned that Mueser had inappropriate photos of her on his cell phone.
Mueser was initially arrested in April.
A federal criminal complaint claims that Mueser "induced a 7-year-old minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, used his iPhone to record the activity, and then transported the images from Fairfield County, Connecticut to Westchester County, New York".
Mueser appeared before a federal judge by video and was taken into custody at the Westchester County Jail with a pending December 16 hearing.
"John Meuser allegedly used his position of trust as a tutor to engage in unspeakable acts with a 7-year-old child," US Attorney Audrey Strauss said. "Alleged conduct such as Meuser's can inflict long-lasting negative effects on victims which no child should ever endure."
Federal prosecutors believe there may be more victims and urge anyone with information to come forward.
The FBI provided a list of places he was employed over the last 30 years.
- Riverdale Country School: Learning Lab Coordinator and Tech Integrator from 1981-2020
- Affiliated with Camp Riverdale of Education, Sports, and Fun Summer Camp
- TCR-on-the-Hudson Day Camp: Tennis Club of Riverdale-College of Mount Saint Vincent from 1997-2019
- Affiliated with Christ Church of Riverdale: Senior Church Warden
- Private Tutoring within the Bronx, Westchester County, and Connecticut
