A Ballston Spa elementary music teacher faces 5 to 20 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to accessing online images and videos of child pornography.
Timothy Brehmer, 35, of Broadalbin pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in federal District Court, U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said. As part of the plea agreement, Brehmer will resign from his job at the Ballston Spa Central School District and surrender his state teaching certificate within 30 days, prosecutors said.
The former educator admitted visiting various child pornography web sites and downloaded pictures and videos onto his home computer between April 2007 and December 2011, Hartunian said. Brehmer made the plea before Judge Gary Sharpe and was released. The judge will sentence him Sept. 12.
Brehmer taught at Wood Road and Milton Terrace North and South elementary schools. The district had suspended him pending the charges.