Second Indictment Returned Charging Orlando Middle School Employee With Distribution And Possession Of Child Sex Abuse Material

Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Mitchell Regan (36, Leesburg) with two counts of distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM) and one count of possession of CSAM. If convicted, Regan faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count, including a 5-year minimum sentence on both distribution offenses. Regan is detained in federal custody pending the resolution of this case.

According to the superseding indictment and court records, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Regan's residence on October 17, 2024. During a search of Regan's cellphone, an HSI computer forensic agent located an image of CSAM in his photo gallery. Regan advised law enforcement that he was employed at a middle school and the Boys and Girls Club and that that he teaches chess club and music lessons. A subsequent review of Regan's social media applications by law enforcement revealed Regan had distributed two videos of CSAM on June 24, 2024.

A superseding indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

This case was investigated by HSI and the Orange County Sheriff's Office. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Janette Swartzberg.

This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 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 child victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.