AISD teacher indicted, faces 20 years in prison connected to child porn charges
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Independent School District elementary teacher was indicted on Tuesday following his arrest related to two counts of possession of child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Carl David Innmon, 50, was accused of allegedly downloading “multiple batches of downloads via BitTorrent” between December 2024 and January, the release said.
If Innmon is convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
KXAN reached out to Innmon’s attorney for a statement. They declined to comment on the case.
On March 11, the Texas Department of Public Safety alerted the AISD Police Department that Innmon was under investigation for the possession of child pornography, according to the district. He was immediately placed on administrative leave after the district was notified of the investigation, according to AISD.
At the time, Innmon was a fifth grade teacher at Baranoff Elementary School, according to AISD. He started as a substitute teacher in August 2023 and then started full time at Baranoff in August 2024.
In March, KXAN reached out to AISD asking if Innmon taught at any other schools within the district. The district told us it sent letters to 20 campuses where Innmon was a substitute teacher.
“The alleged downloads contained a total of 126 files that depict an image of a child engaging in sexual conduct or sexual performance,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
The release went on to say that the children in the downloaded files included an infant and two children who were between the ages of 4 and 7, according to an affidavit.
According to affidavits from police, the search also included images generated from Artificial Intelligence that included students. The DPS Criminal Investigations Division (CID) positively identified the students, who were allegedly students of Innmon’s, the release said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said “a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.”
