Ex-DC teacher gets 25 years in child porn case

Published March 11, 2014 2:36pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Washington elementary school teacher who became one of the FBI’s most-wanted criminals after taking hidden video of his students using the bathroom and then eluded law enforcement officials by assuming fake identities and escaping to Nicaragua has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Eric Justin Toth spent five years on the run, living in Arizona and Texas before escaping the country. In 2012, the FBI put him on its “Ten Most Wanted” list, where he filled a vacancy created by Osama bin Laden’s death.

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