Press Release: AG Labrador Announces Arrest of Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Employee for Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Exploitation Material

By Press Release • May 1, 2025

The following press release was sent out by Attorney General Raul Labrador. Press releases do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of those at the Idaho Dispatch.

BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested a Chubbuck man on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, for possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material.

Forty-three-year-old (43) William Strength, a now former employee of Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25, was charged with eight (8) counts of Possession and two (2) counts of Distribution of child sexual exploitation material (CSAM). A spokesperson for School District 25 told the Attorney General’s Office that Strength did not have direct contact with children in his role at the district and his employment was terminated after his arrest.

The Idaho ICAC Task Force made the arrest with agency partners from the Chubbuck Police Department, Pocatello Police Department, Idaho Falls Police Department, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, and Department of Homeland Security (HSI). On April 30, 2025, Strength was arraigned in court, where the State requested bail be set at $300,000. The court ultimately set bail at $50,000, payable by cash or surety.

“These allegations highlight the importance of our ongoing partnerships with law enforcement and school districts. We remain committed to supporting these investigations and protecting children from online threats,” said Attorney General Labrador.

Anyone with information regarding the exploitation of children is encouraged to contact local police, the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.

The Attorney General’s ICAC Unit works with the Idaho ICAC Task Force, a coalition of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, to investigate and prosecute individuals who use the internet to criminally exploit children.

Parents, educators, and law enforcement officials can find more information and helpful resources at the ICAC website, ICACIdaho.org.

The charges listed above are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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