FLORIDA
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Former Rosarian teacher now facing 59 charges of child porn on top of sexual battery accusations
Posted: 08/15/2013
By: Marissa Bagg
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Days before his next court appearance, prosecutors aren’t holding back on Stephen Budd. They’ve added 59 of charges of child pornography in the case against him.
“It was 19 videos and 40 images, the videos were approximately 2 hours total,” says West Palm Beach Police Detective David Lafont.
The former Rosarian Academy teacher is already facing five charges of sexual battery and molestation. He’s accused of forcing two young girls under his desk to perform sex acts on him in class. Police found a hard drive in Budd’s car the day he was arrested for those alleged crimes back in April.
“The daughter when she was interviewed, she said he asked her to swap computers from his car, his work computer with personal computer and leave it in his vehicle. When she went back one comp was missing,” said Det. Lafont.
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