Crime & Safety

Former Pace Academy Teacher Sentenced for Receiving Child Porn

The teacher was immediately fired from the private school once school officials learned of his arrest in Oct. 2012.

A former arts teacher at a Buckhead private school has been sentenced to five years in prison for receiving child pornography in connection with a multi-year federal investigation.

William Villemez, 30, taught drama and dance to middle-school students for seven years at Pace Academy in Buckhead. During that time as a teacher at Pace, he was receiving DVDs in the mail and downloading images of child pornography, according to the Office of U.S. Attorney Sally Yates.
Villemez was fired from his position once school officials learned of the charges, and school officials immediately notified parents with this letter after learning of Villemez's arrest in October 2012.

Villemez of Acworth has been sentenced to five years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography and will serve 10 years of supervised release following his time in prison. He plead guilty and was convicted of the charges on April 19, 2013.

Between July 2008 and March 2011, Villemez ordered 32 DVDs, which cost more than $750, containing images of child pornography and child erotica from a website based outside the United States. 

Law enforcement traced those orders to Villemez’s home in Smyrna, Ga.  During the execution of a search warrant in October 2012, agents found that Villemez had not only purchased the DVDs but had also downloaded child pornography onto his computer. 

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Cobb County Police Department.


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