Ex-Massachusetts teacher busted by feds for allegedly sexually exploiting children

A former educator who has been facing child pornography charges on the local level has now been busted by the feds for allegedly sexually exploiting children Cambridge man Joshua DeWitte is accused by the Massachusetts U S Attorney s Office of paying more than to produce videos documenting the sexual exploitation of minor boys in the Philippines DeWitte a former guide at Buckingham Browne Nichols School was arrested by the feds on Thursday and charged with one count of sexual exploitation of minors and attempt and conspiracy The feds also charged Christopher Tisoy a Filipino national residing in Baltimore According to the charging documents DeWitte in December was identified as the alleged owner of a Snapchat account that uploaded a file of suspected child sexual abuse material depicting the abuse of a boy who appears to be between and years old DeWitte is accused of engaging in Snapchat conversations that were sexual in nature with users who presented themselves as minors In those conversations DeWitte allegedly petitioned for nude pictures from the minors sent pictures of his penis to the minors and discussed previous and prospective meetups for sexual relations with minors DeWitte also allegedly paid another Snapchat user to obtain and produce child pornography and to recruit minor boys for himself Based on that information state law enforcement obtained a search warrant for DeWitte s Cambridge residence in January DeWitte was then arrested and charged in Cambridge District Court with six counts of disseminating obscene material to a child one count of distribution of material depicting a child in a sexual act and one count of possession of child pornography He was later circulated on conditions Related Articles Boston DC brothel setup operator sentenced to year in prison Editorial No sanctuary for alleged brothel john Cambridge residents call for Paul Toner to resign amid brothel johns sex situation Howie Carr It s about time Harvard lost its federal funding Harvard University faces Trump administration review of billion in grants amid antisemitism inspection Then police looked through DeWitte s phone and allegedly revealed a Telegram conversation between DeWitte and another user DeWitte allegedly shared three video files and noted I was in the Philippines Largest part of my vids are from there and that s where I was with a yo and yo in Japan and Korea and I have a contact there He only records vids of the boys or arranges for my visit DeWitte and Tisoy allegedly discussed four minor boys by name and arranged for the production of videos depicting the sexual exploitation of at least two minor boys in the Philippines DeWitte and Tisoy allegedly negotiated the terms of creating sexually explicit videos involving minors including which minors should be involved which sex acts the minors should perform who should film including whether a third party or one of the minors themselves should film what angles should be filmed and how much DeWitte should pay Tisoy for each video The negotiation involved the sexual preferences of both DeWitte and Tisoy with both agreeing on what they would each find sexually gratifying Tisoy then allegedly relayed instructions to the minor casualties to create a video DeWitte is accused of paying Tisoy for each video Tisoy produced and sent DeWitte allegedly sent PayPal payments to Tisoy in amounts ranging from to to film the sexual exploitation of minors in the Philippines totaling about The U S Attorney s Office mentioned members of the population who have questions concerns or information regarding this matter should call - - or email USAMA VictimAssistance usdoj gov