Federal Grand Jury Indicts Louisville Teacher for Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography

Louisville, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment on February 21, 2024, charging a former Louisville school teacher with distribution and possession of child pornography.    

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky and Special Agent in Charge Michael E. Stansbury of the FBI Louisville Field Office made the announcement.  

According to the indictment, Jordan A. Fautz, 39, was charged with distribution of child pornography, distribution of obscene visual representation of child sexual abuse, and possession of child pornography between March 31, 2022, and February 2, 2024.

The defendant is scheduled to appear for an arraignment on February 26, 2024, before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The defendant was previously arrested on a criminal complaint and was ordered detained on February 6, 2024. He remains in federal custody pending trial.  If convicted, he faces a minimum sentence of 5 years and a maximum sentence of 120 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is being investigated by the FBI.

Assistant U.S. Attorney A. Spencer McKiness is prosecuting this case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.  For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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