I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you — who could an imagine an educator looking like this could ever do such a thing?
/NY school board VP allegedly kept videos of infants being sexually abused on his phone
The vice president of an upstate New York school board was arrested for having several videos of infants being sexually abused on his phone, according to authorities.
Travis Barr Longo, 46, of Cazenovia, was cuffed on child pornography charges after state troopers seized his cellphone and discovered “numerous” videos and photos depicting sexual abuse on Thursday, according to the US Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of New York.
Longo, who serves as the vice president of the Cazenovia Central School District’s Board of Education, received the vile content from other users on an internet-based messaging app, prosecutors said.
The sicko appeared in federal court on Saturday and was ordered held behind bars pending further court proceedings.
His mugshot, released by state troopers, captured Longo with thick eyebrows and what appeared to be makeup smeared all over his face.
And here’s more bad news: no Gay Pride festival this year; no bouncy castle where, deep in the dungeon, counselors from Cazenovia Pride’s PTA could help children discover and explore their inner selves. Bummer.
He also founded Cazenovia Pride Fest, which evolved into the organization Cazenovia Pride, WSYR reported. Members of the group have decided to cancel the upcoming Pride festival in light of the serious accusations against Longo.
“I feel betrayed,” Danielle Synborski, the group’s president, told the outlet. “This organization is because of the work that Travis did to start the festival six years ago, and we saw a need that our non-profit could meet.”
The school board vice president also performed in drag under the name Anita Buffem, and claimed to be “the 1st Drag Artist elected to official position in U.S.” on his Facebook profile, the outlet reported.
You might wonder how and why voters in Cazenovia placed this person on their school board, but I’m sure they had their reasons; I couldn’t possibly say.
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Whew! No Cazenovia here, thank goodness.