California High School Coach Allegedly Paid Students for Explicit Photos

A staffer at a high school in San Jose, California, has been arraigned in federal court for enticing students to produce child pornography for him to sell.

A person types on a computer keyboard in Toronto on Oct. 9, 2023 in this photo file. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy

A teaching assistant and coach at a Christian school in California has been arraigned in federal court on charges of enticement of minors and receipt of child sexual abuse material.

Todd Baldwin, 44, was an employee of Valley Christian High School in San Jose as a sports coach, teaching assistant, and operations manager. Between December 2022 and August 2023, Baldwin allegedly paid two boys, as well as at least two other students, thousands of dollars via app-based payment services to produce child pornography for sale online. The complaint alleged that Baldwin designated the victims as his “Teacher Assistants.”