by Friday marked the first court appearance for a teacher at St. Augustine High School who has been charged by federal authorities with exchanging sexually graphic videos of youngsters.
Earlier this week, Ryan Bennett Segura was taken into custody on suspicion of exchanging the videos with someone in Colorado.
Segura is still being held on charges of disseminating pictures of children engaging in sexually explicit behavior.
A second hearing to review his detention status was scheduled for Tuesday after his brief court appearance on Friday afternoon. Prosecutors stated in court that because Segura posed a threat to the community, the government will take action to keep him in detention, but they did not provide any other details.
The arrest of another guy in Denver last autumn sparked the Segura probe, according to a probable cause statement submitted to federal court.
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Investigators found the Denver man had been trading films and communicating with Segura after looking through his electronic devices, the statement said.
The Denver man asked Segura, “What are you into?” during one of their conversations.
Segura responded, “Yng” means “young,” according to an FBI special agent who wrote the statement.
Segura asked the Denver man the same question and he replied, Same no limits.
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According to the probable cause statement, Segura was identified as the user who was corresponding with the Denver man after months of inquiry.
According to the statement, Segura later acknowledged to law officials that he was the user of the social media account that shared and received content on child sexual assault with the Denver subject.
According to Segura’s LinkedIn profile, he has been employed at St. Augustine since the middle of 2021 and serves as both the head track and field coach and a religion instructor.
