GI Northwest Teacher/Student Arrested On Child Porn Charges

GRAND ISLAND- A Grand Island Northwest student and teacher have been arrested on multiple charges including Child Pornography.

On Tuesday, the Grand Island Police Department, in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations, arrested a 17-year-old male, and 37-year-old Brian Mohr of Grand Island. The 17-year-old male is identified as a student at Northwest High School, where Mohr is a teacher. The arrests are in relation to a case in which the 17-year-old obtained elicit images of minors via a social media ruse, and used some of those images to coerce them into performing sexual acts. Those images were shared with Mohr. Numerous images have been identified as students at the school where Mohr is employed and the 17-year-old attends. The teen was arrested as a suspect in the investigation of 1st Degree Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking of a Minor, Unlawful Intrusion, and multiple counts of Distribution of Sexually Explicit Material (Child Pornography). Mohr was arrested as a suspect in multiple counts of Possession of Sexually Explicit Material (Child Pornography).

All crimes listed are classified as felonies. According to GIPD, the investigation is being worked with the full cooperation of the Northwest School District.