SAN JOSE — A former operations manager at Valley Christian High School pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts each of online child enticement and recieving child pornography for convincing multiple 16- and 17-year-old boys to produce sexual material, which he then sold online, prosecutors said.
Todd Baldwin, a 46-year-old resident of Bremerton, WA, also admitted to possession of child pornography, and that he enticed two other victims online in uncharged incidents, according to a news release from the Department of Justice Northern District of California. He was initially charged in November 2024.
From October 2021 to August 2023, Baldwin persuaded several boys to create the child pornography over websites including Gmail and Snapchat, prosecutors said. He then paid the four 16- and 17-year-old boys to thousands of dollars over CashApp and Venmo for the creation of those photos and videos.
Baldwin’s victims, at least one of whom he met through his job at the high school, were students at Valley Christian High School in San Jose and Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors added that Baldwin resold the child pornography, dirty underwear and clothing he recieved from the boys to online buyers.
When investigators served a warrant on Baldwin’s home, they uncovered child pornography on several electronic devices, prosecutors added. One such video depicted a prepubescent boy “engaged in sex acts.”
Baldwin was arrested by the San Jose Police Department in August 2023.
A criminal complaint filed in 2024 outlined Baldwin’s plan: He approached one of the victims in October 2022 with the offer of selling child pornography on Reddit, then splitting the proceeds. He allegedly purchased a ring light to help in the production of the videos, for which he paid two victims a total of around $6,315.
One of the victims filed a lawsuit against Valley Christian High School later that same year, alleging that the school had reasons to notice that Baldwin was exhibiting indications of suspicious bevahior, including by convincing the victim to go to work as a teacher’s assistant for him despite the fact that he did not have student-facing responsibilities.
That case ended in a settlement in July 2025, according to court records.
Baldwin remains released on bond under home detention and electronic monitoring, prosecutors added. Baldwin, who faces a potential minimum prison term of 10 years and maximum term of life, will be sentenced Jan. 26. He will also be ordered to pay a fine of up to $250,000, assessments on each count he pleaded to and restitution to the victims.
The case against Baldwin resulted from an investigation by the San Jose Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Squad and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted as part of the Justice Department’s Project Safe Childhood aiming to prosecute those who exploit children using the internet.