Posted on 05/04/2026 12:20:16 PM PDT by Red Badger
'He was hiding in plain sight.'
ANebraska middle school teacher is accused of utilizing artificial intelligence to create more than a hundred child sexual abuse images — and the teacher allegedly masturbated to the disturbing child pornography while at a school, according to multiple reports.
The Nebraska State Patrol said in a statement that 47-year-old Matthew Lund was arrested at his Omaha home at approximately 6:15 a.m. April 22.
Lund was booked into Douglas County Corrections and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
A judge set Lund's bond at $1 million during an April 23 court appearance, KETV-TV reported. Lund was ordered not to have contact with anyone under 19 years old and to wear a GPS monitor.
Lund had been a Millard Public Schools teacher.
Lund is currently not listed on the staff directory on the Andersen Middle School website. However, an archived version of the staff directory shows Matthew Lund as a "science and STEM teacher."
Police stated that "at this point, there is no indication that any students are victims in this case."
WOWT-TV obtained court documents showing that authorities launched an investigation on Feb. 23 after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided a tip.
"On February 23, 2026, Nebraska State Patrol received a cyber tip regarding sexual abuse of children material being uploaded to a Google account associated with the defendant from the Millard Public Schools," a prosecutor said, according to WOWT.
According to court documents, investigators discovered 423 images that were generated through artificial intelligence on the Google account.
Court documents say the images depicted children younger than 12 years old, including an infant.
One of the files apparently depicts a nude child around the age of 3 to 5 facing an adult.
Court records state another image shows a child of a similar age performing oral sex on a man.
There was also an image of two nude children, around the ages of 8 to 10.
"A search warrant was done on the defendant’s Google account," the prosecutor said in court. "104 files consistent with child sexual assault material were located, ranging from infant to approximately 12 years old."
Lund allegedly masturbated to the images while at the school.
"The defendant then admitted to generating the child sexual assault material of prepubescent children and masturbating to them while at work at which he is a middle school science teacher," the prosecutor said.
Brenda Beadle, deputy Douglas County attorney, stated that this case may be the first her office has charged under a law addressing AI-generated child pornography.
Beadle noted, "It is illegal even though it’s AI-generated."
The bill to prohibit conduct involving computer-generated child pornography was signed into law in May 2025.
KETV reported that Millard Public Schools said Lund has been "removed, and we are proceeding with termination and cancellation of his contract.”
Millard Public Schools told KETV:
All staff go through a thorough background check during the hiring process. Millard maintains open communication with law enforcement and regulatory agencies that alert us to any ongoing concern. Additionally, Millard is diligent about investigating all concerns brought to us. A parent told KETV, "He was hiding in plain sight."
The parent said her son "can't believe that someone he trusted to keep him safe would do something like this."
"He made a lot of kids uncomfortable, including my son, but he couldn't quite say why," the parent added. "It, just, something was off."
The parent also said, "You think you're dropping your kids off, and those teachers are going to protect your kids."
Millard Public Schools did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.
Those with information about this case are urged to contact the Nebraska State Patrol at 402-479-4049.
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AI capable of generating child porn images should be capable enough to refuse to do it.
Beadle noted, “It is illegal even though it’s AI-generated.”
hmmmm...
“A Nebraska middle school teacher is accused of utilizing artificial intelligence to create more than a hundred child sexual abuse images”. Nebraska, seriously?
AI has no conscience or soul and no compassion..............
Doesn’t mean he’s a native Nebraskan.............
Possibly a ‘Free Speech’ defense.................
As far as the generation of the images, it comes down to were real children used to train the LLM models?
But teachers need more money, they’re unpaid, and this was just a way to create extra income!
There is a “no real victim, no real crime” argument to be made here from a legal standpoint.
HOWEVER... this creep was a predator looking for a victim. The moral/ethical lapse was already there and only lack of opportunity kept him from offending in a more serious manner.
Put him away for a LONG time. Even if it is just in a mental institution.
If there is evidence he actually DID harm a child...
... woodchipper.
It’s all sick, but if someone drew or painted an illegal act, is that drawing or painting just as illegal?
Good question................
Even today, teachers of elementary school children are, for the most part, held to a higher standard of moral behavior than the random employee who does not work with children.
All bonds of trust he had established with those kids (and many of their parents) has now been dissolved, virtually overnight. It is a different kind of crime, due to the obvious implications that he held a harmful mindset while in midst of these innocent kids.
If there every was a case for "if you see something, say something", its in a situation like this. But I'm sure the school would circle the wagons and defend this teacher to the hilt and go out of their way to not investigate him.
But most companies have policy built in to prevent this. My wife tried to do something with one of her pictures taken when she was a 17 y/o HS student and Chat and Grok refused because they couldn’t verify she was over 18 in the photo.
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This whole sexual exploitation of children is beyond appalling.
I happened to stumble on this today.
4th Grade Teacher Arrested in Predator Sting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZQeOiTFS08
18 minutes long.
Decades ago, IIRC, SCOTUS wrote that SIMULATED pornography (art, sketches, painting) was OK.
Since when are 4th grade teachers male?
All my elementary school teachers were female........................
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