Hoover High associate principal arrested on child porn charges NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

A top administrator at Hoover High School was arrested this week on suspicion of possessing child pornography and distributing lewd content to a minor, authorities announced Thursday.

Personnel with the San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on Wednesday arrested 41-year-old Charles Thomas Boyd De Freitas, an associate principal at the City Heights secondary school, according to the multi-agency investigative service.

The case stems from a report from a minor that De Freitas had sent and sought illicit images via a social media app, said San Diego police Sgt. Garrick Nugent, commander of the task force.

“Detectives executed a search warrant and seized multiple devices that will be analyzed for additional evidence related to child sexual abuse materials,” Nugent said.

De Freitas has worked for San Diego Unified School District for about 13 years, serving as a teacher at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts prior …