A Prince William County middle school teacher was arrested Friday for videotaping himself and a 16-year-old Fairfax girl conducting sexual acts, federal authorities said.
John Byron Shulick, 53, an eighth-grade science teacher at Bull Run Middle School, allegedly met the girl through an online social networking Web site, officials said.
Because the girl was 16 at the time of the alleged conduct, Shulick is facing a felony charge for production of child pornography.
The girl was not a student at the school, and Shulick, who joined the school system in August 2004, has not been charged of any inappropriate actions with his students, school spokeswoman Irene Cromer said.
After authorities searched Shulick’s home March 12, law enforcement officers discovered “images of child pornography, including images depicting minors and prepubuscent females identified by law enforcement in other investigations,” according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office statement.
Shulick was placed on administrative leave Monday, Cromer said.
The girl admitted to her parents that she was having sex with Shulick after the mother’s boyfriend saw the girl getting out of a truck driven by an older man, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities are asking anyone with additional information about the investigation to come forward by calling the Fairfax County Police Department‘s Child Exploitation Unit at 703-246-7827.
