A 34-year-old former preschool teacher was handed 455 active years in prison after admitting to 27 child sex crimes targeting his own students, prosecutors said.
Richard Franklin Troshak III, 34, was employed at Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy when he was taken into custody, records show.
On August 31, Judge David Johnson imposed a 565-year prison sentence, court records show. The judge suspended 110 years of that term, leaving Troshak with 455 active years to serve, according to court documents.
In March, the former teacher pleaded guilty to crimes involving the production, possession, solicitation and distribution of child sexual abuse material, filming minors, indecent liberties and aggravated sexual battery, records state.
He admitted to making explicit videos and photos of nude boys under 13, prosecutors said.
The recordings were captured inside school and public bathrooms, according to prosecutors.
In July 2025, the investigation began when police arrested another teacher, Shaun Jason Adams, for photographing a child inside a movie theater bathroom, police said.
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Investigators searched the co-worker’s phone and found explicit conversations with Troshak about children, according to authorities.
The device also held videos and photos of boys younger than 13 involved in sexual acts while Troshak, Adams or both were present, police said.
Their messages discussed watching children inside bathrooms and viewing children changing clothes, records state. The pair also discussed physical contact with a child and sexually explicit conversations with children, according to police.
Troshak and Adams had worked together at Tuckaway Daycare, police said. The two men later separated, taking jobs at different schools, according to investigators.
On August 22, 2025, police arrested the defendant while he worked at Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy, according to authorities.
Investigators took him into custody after receiving information about troubling messages sent to underage former students, police said.
Adams pleaded guilty in a separate case and received 190 years in prison, court records show. The court suspended 160 years of that term, leaving him 30 active years, according to records.
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