A school bus driver has been indicted for 50 counts of promoting and possessing child pornography.
Guenther Mayrhofer, 71, of Mastic Beach, a bus driver for the William Floyd School District, was indicted for promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual performance by a child, for allegedly downloading images and videos of child sexual abuse, and then uploading them to his cloud storage account.
“There is nothing more important to my office than protecting children and tracking down predators in our community. It is deeply disturbing that this defendant was allegedly in close proximity to children every day as a school bus driver,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “I thank the New York State Police for their diligent investigation in this case. We will continue to work closely with them and our other law enforcement partners to seek justice for these innocent victims.”
According to the investigation, the New York State Police received a tip that Mayrhofer had allegedly uploaded approximately 20 images of child sexual abuse to a cloud storage account. On August 15, state police executed a search warrant of Mayrhofer’s home and recovered numerous electronic devices and electronic storage devices.
A review of the devices revealed that Mayrhofer had allegedly downloaded and saved over one hundred images and videos of child sexual abuse.
On August 29, Mayrhofer was arraigned on the indictment before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis, for 25 counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child, all Class D felonies, and 25 counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child, all Class E felonies. Wilutis ordered Mayrhofer held on $150,000 cash, $500,000 bond, or $1.5 million partiallymsecured bond during the pendency of the case. Mayrhofer is due back in court on October 8.
Anyone who has been victimized, or knows someone who has been victimized, by Mayrhofer, is urged to call the New York State Police, the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County
District Attorney’s Office, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.