A New York high school teacher pleaded guilty to soliciting nude pictures from underage girls and sharing sexual abuse images online.
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Ryan McCaffery, 38, was sentenced to three years in prison on October 21 after cutting a plea deal.
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The suspect pleaded guilty to disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree as a sexually motivated felony, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A Tierney said.
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He appeared before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M Wilutis in September 2025 and confessed to his crimes, court records stated.
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‘You’ve been given a gift, Mr. McCaffery,’ Judge Wilutis said during his sentencing, Newsday reported.
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‘I hope you realize that,’ she added and further said she thinks the agreed-upon sentence ‘quite frankly is not enough.'
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‘You were in a position of trust as a teacher, akin to a guardian of children or a surrogate parent,’ the judge said.
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He was charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree child endangerment, and two counts of fourth-degree lewdness in Bergen County, the police said.
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Ryan McCaffery, 38, was sentenced to three years in prison on October 21 after he pleaded guilty to soliciting nude pictures from underage girls and sharing sexual abuse images online
The suspect made a fake ID on Snapchat under the alias 'C_chambers77' and sent images of his exposed genitals to girls aged under 14
McCaffery was a former teacher and soccer coach at Riverhead High School
The investigation into McCaffery’s case began when New York State Police (NYSP) received an Internet Crime Against Children cyber tip, the team said.
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McCaffery, who was a former teacher and soccer coach at Riverhead High School, was first arrested in February 2025 in Bergen County, New Jersey.
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McCaffery resigned from his teaching position before his arrest.
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He was released from custody but was arrested again in New York in May 2025 after investigation, police said.
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The team said they seized several electronic devices from the suspect’s residence under a search warrant and found explicit content on it.
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The investigators discovered a 2022 sexual online chat between McCaffery and a juvenile aged 13, after which McCaffery was arrested.
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The NYSP and Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office advanced their investigation and found out that the soccer coach was using the alias ‘C_chambers77’ to engage in sexual acts while video chatting with victims on Snapchat.
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The school teacher had created a fake account on the social media platform and had ‘quick added’ several young girls to his friend list during December 2024, the prosecutors said.
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He sent images of his exposed genitals to the victims under the age of 14 and demanded nude images from them, they added.
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McCaffery also tried to watch and buy child sexual abuse images and videos, the prosecutors said.
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He shared at least one explicit video with another user on the messaging app Kik, Tierney said.
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‘Adults have a responsibility to protect children, not expose them to sexually explicit material,’ Tierney said.
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Children should never have to navigate this kind of exploitation or have their innocence stolen by an adult’s actions.
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'This sentence holds the defendant accountable for conduct that has no place in our community,' he added.
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McCaffery will also serve five years of post-release supervision.
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NYSP has urged anyone who believes that their child received inappropriate communications from the suspect to contact the police.
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