HOUSTON – A Houston-area high school wrestling coach has been accused of possessing child porn.
Gordon Daniel Oehmig, 29, was charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.
Houston police said on Thursday, the Houston-Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant at Oehmig's home and found more than 1,000 images and video files of young children engaged in sexual acts.
Oehmig is the head wrestling coach at St. Thomas High School and has worked at other schools and training facilities, leading to him having had significant exposure to children through his coaching positions, investigators said. Police said he may be involved in three organizations that work with children.
"We did a forensic preview at the scene, which is basically a sneak peak into his computer," Officer J.T. Roscoe said. "In a very open, obvious location, we found approximately 1,600 images and 550 videos of child pornography. Of that, the vast majority of it was males, prepubescent. We pulled off approximately 21 images and videos, two of which were toddlers."
Oehmig turned himself in on Thursday was released on a $20,000 bond, police said.
Investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying any additional victims.