Parents horrified after discovering why their 13-year-old son had extra money in his bank account - as preschool teacher is arrested

A Georgia parent's horrifying find astir the other wealth successful their 13-year-old son's slope relationship has led to the apprehension of a erstwhile preschool teacher's assistant.

The teen was allegedly paid $200 by Mark Penfield Eichorn, 27, to make a pornographic video of himself and nonstop it backmost to him, according to My Texas Daily.

An ensuing probe besides recovered that a 12-year-old person of the unfortunate besides participated successful the 90-second video.

Eichnorn, who worked arsenic a teacher's adjunct astatine St. John's Episcopal School successful Abilene, Texas astatine the time, aboriginal allegedly admitted to paying the children done Venmo aft connecting with them done Snapchat, the Abilene Reporter News reports.  

But erstwhile confronted astir his interactions with the teenagers, Eichorn is said to person asked, 'Just those two? 

The erstwhile teacher's adjutant besides admitted to knowing that the children were lone astir 13 years aged erstwhile helium solicited the video and payed them for it.

He past told authorities helium besides traded kid porn connected societal media and touched a kid inappropriately. 

During an ensuing investigation, authorities successful Abilene conducted a hunt warrant of Eichorn's location recovered nude images of children who appeared to beryllium nether the property of 10 connected his cellphone. 

Eichorn was yet arrested connected May 9 and was fired from his presumption astatine the school, but was soon fto retired of Taylor County Jail connected a $50,000 bond, according to Big Country Homepage.

He was yet indicted by a expansive assemblage past period connected charges of possession with intent to beforehand kid pornography and possession of kid porn.

Eichorn pleaded blameworthy successful national tribunal connected Tuesday to charges of accumulation of kid pornography.

He faces betwixt 15 to 35 years down bars, arsenic good arsenic further national charges for indecency with a child.

Eichorn is expected to beryllium re-arrested connected those national charges by Homeland Security Investigations and the US Marshals Service, and is scheduled to look a national detention proceeding aboriginal successful the week. 

Meanwhile, different teacher and the headmistress of the schoolhouse are besides facing charges for nonaccomplishment to study kid abuse.

Prosecutors accidental a household from St. John's Episcopal School came guardant pursuing Eichorn's apprehension and said their lad made allegations that Eichorn touched him inappropriately backmost successful January.

The parent claimed she called Kelsey Alexander, 34, the boy's teacher, astir the incidental astatine the time, and Alexander successful crook notified Rebecca McMillon, 55, the school's director, Big Country Homepage reports. 

McMillon aboriginal told the parents she conducted her ain probe into the claims, and aft watching surveillance footage and speaking with Eichorn, she determined the inappropriate touching was accidental portion the erstwhile teacher's adjutant was helping the kid with his loop truthful that helium could usage the bathroom.

McMillon told the parents that 'nothing untoward had happened' and that surveillance footage showed the kid skipping successful beforehand of Eichorn to rejoin a crippled afterward.

However, neither Alexander nor McMillon reported the claim, arsenic required nether Texas law.

They were some arrested successful July, but were released aft posting bonds totaling $8,000.