Former Kansas City–area teacher indicted on additional federal charges
By Nick Sloan
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMBC) — A former elementary school teacher who worked in multiple Kansas City–area school districts now faces expanded federal charges after a grand jury returned a new indictment alleging additional child pornography offenses.
Dennis Adlai Hernandez, 28, was named in a 13-count superseding indictment filed this week in U.S. District Court in Kansas City.
The new indictment adds six counts of production and attempted production of child pornography to charges he was already facing.
Federal prosecutors allege the offenses involved 12 minor victims and occurred over a three-year period, from August 2022 through August 2025.
Hernandez was previously charged with seven counts, including production and attempted production of child pornography, transportation of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.
The new indictment incorporates those earlier charges and expands the scope of the case.
Court records show Hernandez briefly worked at Fairmount Elementary School in the Independence School District before his arrest.
He previously spent several years as a substitute and staff member in the North Kansas City School District, where he worked at multiple elementary schools.
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