A middle school teacher in Virginia has been charged after police say she had child sexual abuse content on her Snapchat along with photos and videos of child pornography on several of her social media accounts.
Kristine Knizner, a science teacher at Irving Middle School in Springfield was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of child pornography by Fairfax County police. She was taken to the County Adult Detention Center.
Knizner came under investigation after The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children found child sexual abuse content on an IP address associated with a user in Fairfax County. Police eventually connected the IP address to Knizner’s home in Springfield.
Detectives searched the home and determined she was the only one who lived at the address.
In a news release Major Ed O’Carroll with the Fairfax County Police Department praised the work of forensic detectives and analysts in making the arrest,
“I greatly appreciate the work of our Major Crimes, Cyber and Forensics detectives and analysts. These crimes have no place in our society and certainly not here in Fairfax County. Since February, detectives have received 124 CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, like the one that led to this arrest. There is nothing more important than the safety of our children.”
Knizner was released on a $2,000 unsecured bond.
