Chula Vista teacher charged with child porn

Chula Vista teacher charged with child porn
By Kristina Davis
SDUT
October 7, 2011

CHULA VISTA — A Chula Vista elementary school teacher was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of possessing child pornography, according to the FBI

Gary Delaney Phillips, 54, who teaches sixth grade at Clear View Elementary School, was taken away in handcuffs from his College Area home at 8:30 a.m.

According to the federal complaint, an FBI agent investigating traders of child pornography discovered emails from Phillips that expressed a sexual interest in children and indicated that he owned images of child pornography.

Investigators conducted a search warrant at his San Diego home Friday and seized images depicting children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, said FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth.

Phillips was booked into the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown San Diego and is scheduled to appear in federal court on Tuesday.

Police officers from Chula Vista and San Diego and agents from the U.S. Naval Criminal Intelligence Service aided in the investigation.

Phillips has taught in the Chula Vista Elementary School District for more than 20 years on at least three campuses during his tenure. He has been placed on paid administrative leave, said district spokesman Anthony Millican.

“We have been informed that the charges he is facing relate to conduct outside the workplace,” said Millican. “We have no reports of anything remotely like this at any point during his tenure in CVESD.”
Chula Vista teacher charged with child porn

By Kristina Davis, Reporter - Public safety

Friday, October 7, 2011 at 6:08 p.m.

CHULA VISTA — A Chula Vista elementary school teacher was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of possessing child pornography, according to the FBI.

Gary Delaney Phillips, 54, who teaches sixth grade at Clear View Elementary School, was taken away in handcuffs from his College Area home at 8:30 a.m.

According to the federal complaint, an FBI agent investigating traders of child pornography discovered emails from Phillips that expressed a sexual interest in children and indicated that he owned images of child pornography.

Investigators conducted a search warrant at his San Diego home Friday and seized images depicting children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, said FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth.

Phillips was booked into the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown San Diego and is scheduled to appear in federal court on Tuesday.

Police officers from Chula Vista and San Diego and agents from the U.S. Naval Criminal Intelligence Service aided in the investigation.

Phillips has taught in the Chula Vista Elementary School District for more than 20 years on at least three campuses during his tenure. He has been placed on paid administrative leave, said district spokesman Anthony Millican.

“We have been informed that the charges he is facing relate to conduct outside the workplace,” said Millican. “We have no reports of anything remotely like this at any point during his tenure in CVESD.”