A former Newark teaching assistant has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.
Matthew Holland faces upwards of 50 years in prison.
Prosecutors said that Holland coerced minors to produce child pornography via social media and recorded minors undressing at their homes. He also recorded minors at the YMCA in Canandaigua.
The incidents are said to have occurred between 2016 and 2020, prosecutors added.
Holland was also accused of recording Newark students int he dressing room of his photography studio.
Sentencing is scheduled for June.
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