Ex-Teacher's Child Porn Prompts Arrest In Anne Arundel County: Reports

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — A former teacher was arrested on child pornography possession charges in Anne Arundel County, reports said Thursday.

Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Michael Stuart Hislop of Arnold.

WJLA, The Baltimore Banner and WJZ all reported that Hislop is a former teacher at St. Mary's High School in Annapolis.

It seems like the victims were not from the school or Anne Arundel County.

"There are no child victims here in our community that were part of this investigation whatsoever," Anne Arundel County Police Department spokesperson Marc Limansky told WJZ.

Hislop was hired in January 2022, the Archdiocese of Baltimore told all three news outlets.

"When St. Mary's learned of the investigation Mr. Hislop was immediately placed on administrative leave and St. Mary's cooperated fully with the Anne Arundel County Police Department in its investigation," Archdiocese spokesperson Christian Kendzierski said in a statement to The Banner.

Hislop's employment ended this February, the Archdiocese told the three publications.

"The Archdiocese of Baltimore is committed to protecting children," Kendzierski told The Banner. "It urges anyone who has any knowledge of this occurrence or any other in relation to the abuse of minors to come forward and to report it immediately to law enforcement."

The investigation began on Jan. 11. Police said they got a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an account uploading child pornography online.

Detectives said they identified the address involved and executed a home search warrant Feb. 2 in the 700 block of Match Point Drive.

Officers said the suspect was on the scene while they seized multiple digital devices to be analyzed.

Authorities said they verified that the digital storage account used to upload the child pornography belonged to Hislop.

Child abuse detectives said they secured an arrest warrant for Hislop, charging him with 16 counts of possession of child pornography.

Officers said they arrested Hislop without incident on Tuesday.

Police asked anybody with information to call (410) 222-4733. Tipsters can stay anonymous by dialing (410) 222-4700.

The Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland, an independent investigator, is also collecting anonymous tips and sharing them with detectives.

Informants can anonymously contact the Metro Crime Stoppers by:

• Visiting metrocrimestoppers.org
• Calling 1-866-7-LOCKUP (1-866-756-2587)
• Texting CRIMES (274637) and then entering the message starting with "MCS."

This map shows the area where authorities said they conducted the search warrant.