A former Oregon highschool principal who had already been sidelined over controversial feedback about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk is now headed to jail in a baby intercourse abuse pictures case.
Jeremy P. Williams, 50, of Longview, Washington, was sentenced Feb. 23 to 61 months behind bars after pleading responsible to a few counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually specific conduct.
Williams may even should register as a intercourse offender and serve three years of supervision after his launch, prosecutors stated.
Williams was main Rainier Junior/Senior Excessive College since 2022. The Rainier College District serves fewer than 800 college students, in response to state knowledge.
His authorized troubles got here to mild after social media platforms flagged accounts tied to him for sharing information that matched recognized baby sexual abuse materials — a digital fingerprinting course of often called hash matching. That alert kicked off an investigation, and detectives later searched his residence, seizing telephones, computer systems and different gadgets.
Earlier than his arrest, college officers had been already responding to issues about Williams’ conduct.
In a message to households, Superintendent Chad Holloway stated the district was conscious of “issues… following a current remark by an worker… relating to Charlie Kirk,” calling the activist’s killing “deeply unsettling” and acknowledging the affect on college students and employees.
Following these issues, Williams was positioned on paid administrative go away.
Days later, Holloway despatched one other letter to the neighborhood describing “very disturbing” developments after studying of Williams’ arrest on expenses involving depictions of minors in sexually specific conduct.
He emphasised that the district was working intently with legislation enforcement and taking steps to help college students, together with making counselors out there and permitting early dismissal for households who felt it was wanted.
“The security of our college students is our highest precedence,” Holloway wrote.
He harassed that investigators didn’t consider any college students within the district had been concerned and stated the district was absolutely cooperating with legislation enforcement.
Authorities have echoed that time, saying there’s no indication Williams possessed pictures of scholars from the varsity.
Williams was arrested in September 2025 and booked into the Cowlitz County Jail.
The case itself unfolded largely behind the scenes till sentencing, the place Williams reportedly supplied solely a barely audible apology, in response to the Day by day Chronicle in Longview. The outlet additionally reported that he had beforehand boasted about successful awards for his erotic fiction.
Decide Thad Scudder handed down the sentence, which additionally consists of $3,000 in courtroom charges.
The case has sparked response on-line, together with from former NCAA swimmer and girls’s sports activities advocate Riley Gaines, who wrote on X: “It’s all the time both 1) a instructor 2) a well being care employee 3) a authorities worker. Deeply regarding.”
Actor Kevin Sorbo additionally weighed in, writing, “I don’t assume Charlie was the dangerous individual on this story.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the varsity district for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
