Teacher arrested on child porn charges taught as substitute at 20 Austin ISD schools
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District said a teacher arrested on child pornography charges taught as a substitute at 20 schools in the district.
On March 11, the Texas Department of Public Safety alerted the Austin Independent School District Police Department that Carl Innmon, 50, was under investigation for possession of child pornography, a first-degree felony, according to AISD.
Police documents from March 14 show the teacher at Baranoff Elementary School now faces charges of possession of child pornography with intent to promote, a second-degree felony, and possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child, a state jail felony.
KXAN reached out to AISD to find out if Innmon had taught at any other schools. AISD told KXAN they sent letters to 20 campuses where Inmon had substituted.
The campuses where AISD said he subbed include: Eastside ECHS, Travis ECHS, LBJ ECHS, LASA, Andrew ES, Doss ES, Pickle ES, Reilly ES, Jordan ES, Northeast ECHS, Dobie MS, Akins ECHS, Crockett ECHS, International HS, Sadler Means YWLA, Bedicheck MS, Lively MS, Kealing MS, Anderson HS and Navarro ECHS.
Innmon started as a substitute teacher in August 2023 and then started at Baranoff full-time in August 2024.
AISD said it "immediately placed Innmon on administrative leave" once it was notified of the investigation, according to a letter from the district. This was Innmon's first year of teaching at the elementary school and he was last seen on the campus on March 10, the district said.
According to police affidavits, a search of his devices revealed more than 365,000 images of child sexual abuse. Among them were AI-generated images of two AISD students from the elementary school.
Police said Innmon used an AI generator to alter photos of students, making them sexually explicit.
In a letter to families, the district said DPS and Austin ISD police are working to identify and notify those affected. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Austin ISD police.