An Augusta teacher was jailed this week on charges of possessing child porn, according to Columbia County authorities.
Ryan Thomas Manley, 43, was formally charged Thursday with sexual exploitation of children, a felony. He is being held without bond at the Columbia County Detention Center, where jail officials confirm his listed occupation is a teacher and has a listed residence in Augusta.
Details of the crime were not immediately available beyond the allegations that he possessed child sexual abuse material, or child pornography, in Columbia County.
The Richmond County Board of Education currently has Manley listed as a 7th grade social studies teacher at Richmond Hill Middle School, and the suspect’s Facebook page also confirms that. On his social media page, he indicates that he is originally from Syracuse, New York, and went to Hilton Head High School in South Carolina before studying at American InterContinental University as well as the University of Phoenix.
(WGAC’s Austin Rhodes contributed to this breaking-news report.)
