A 33-year-old Redwood City man who worked for years with young children has pleaded no contest to child pornography charges in exchange for a two-year prison sentence, San Mateo County prosecutors said.
Alexander Jessup entered the plea Dec. 15 to a felony charge of distribution of child pornography and is set for sentencing in April.
According to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, Jessup had worked for a decade with young children, most recently at the Laurel School's Newton Center on Edge Road in Atherton, and also worked as a babysitter.
A tip to a regional task force that targets internet crimes against children led investigators to serve a search warrant earlier this year at Jessup's home. They determined that he had uploaded multiple files of young girls exposing themselves and also exchanged child pornography with other people, prosecutors said.
Jessup remains out of custody on $100,000 bail and has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from the Atherton facility and to not have any unsupervised contact with anyone under 18, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Jessup's defense attorney was not immediately available to comment on the case.
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Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 21, 2021 at 12:53 pm
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on Dec 21, 2021 at 12:53 pm
Why is this guilty man out of custody? Will he simply not abscond like this convict did 7 years ago? Never to be seen or heard from again.
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The law is failing our society, the law truly is an Ass !
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Menlo Park: The Willows
on Dec 22, 2021 at 12:29 pm
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on Dec 22, 2021 at 12:29 pm
Sketchy headline. This person did not work for Laurel School, nor any MPCSD. Newton Center is a contracted company and they have their own employees. Please do your ethical duty as a journalist by posting this person as a NEWTON CENTER employee.