Third-grade teacher charged with producing child pornography in Virginia

Miranda Stewart Janeway, who taught third grade at David A. Harrison Elementary in Prince George, County Virginia, was arrested on Tuesday this week and is being held at the Riverside Regional Jail without bond, per ABC 8 News.

Janeway has been charged with knowingly possessing child sex abuse material, producing or making child sex abuse material with the subject being under 15 years of age, distributing child sex abuse material, as well as taking indecent liberties with a child as one who has been given a supervising role.

“To hear that it’s — come on, a teacher? That shouldn’t be something that even crosses our minds,” a parent who wished to remain anonymous told the outlet. “I thought she was a nice teacher, [a] good teacher and good for my son.”

Police were able to confirm that the child in question was not a student at the school, but that did not change the mind of the parent, "That’s still a child out there that it was still happening with — I mean, it could have been at another school, that’s… you know, [it’s] still nerve-racking."

David A. Harrison Elementary sent a statement about the teacher to the families at the school. Janeway was put on leave and is not allowed on the premises of the school: "Earlier today, the Prince George County Police Department informed our school division that law enforcement had arrested Miranda Janeway, a third grade David A. Harrison Elementary School teacher, on felony charges related to child pornography. Miranda Janeway was arrested off school grounds."

"This individual has been placed on administrative leave and is not permitted to have any contact with students or staff or be on property at any of the district’s campuses, pending the outcome of this law enforcement investigation. At this time, through our communication with law enforcement, we do not believe any of our students were involved in this matter or that the matter took place on school property," the statement added.

Janeway's preliminary hearing is planned to be held on December 3. She was arraigned on Wednesday this week.