https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/03/oregon-principal-suspended-for-charlie-kirk-comments-goes-to-prison-in-child-sex-images-case.html

A former high school principal in Columbia County was sentenced to just over five years in prison last month for possessing and sharing images of child sex abuse.

Jeremy P. Williams, a 50-year-old Longview, Washington resident, had previously worked across the state lines as the principal of Rainier Junior/Senior High School in Oregon.

Williams was already on paid administrative leave for making negative comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk when he was arrested on multiple charges in September, according to a Sept. 17 letter written by Rainier School District superintendent Chad Holloway.

Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a Utah campus a week earlier.

Cowlitz County Chief Criminal Deputy Troy Brightbill said at the time that authorities received automatic alerts from several social media sites after known sexually explicit images of children were traded by an internet address linked to Williams.

Williams had been principal of the high school since 2022, according to school board minutes. He retired in November with a final salary of $99,500 a year, according to The Chronicle.