PULSE POINTS
WHAT HAPPENED: A former Oregon high school principal who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk has been sentenced for possessing and sharing child sex abuse images.
WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jeremy P. Williams, former principal of Rainier Junior/Senior High School.
WHEN & WHERE: Williams was sentenced in March 2026 in Columbia County, Oregon.
KEY QUOTE: “Authorities received automatic alerts from several social media sites.” – Cowlitz County Chief Criminal Deputy Troy Brightbill
IMPACT: Williams was sentenced to over five years in prison and registered as a sex offender.
IN FULL
Jeremy P. Williams, the former principal of Rainier Junior/Senior High School in Oregon, has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison after being convicted of possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material. Investigators identified Williams, who lives in Longview, Washington, after social media companies flagged explicit content tied to him.
Before his arrest, Williams had been placed on paid administrative leave over remarks he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who had been assassinated in Utah about a week earlier. Williams had led the school since 2022 and retired in November, earning $99,500 annually.
Cowlitz County Chief Criminal Deputy Troy Brightbill said authorities found no evidence that any students from Williams’ school were involved in the material. The case was heard in Cowlitz County Superior Court, where Judge Thad Scudder issued the sentence and ordered Williams to register as a sex offender. In addition to his prison term, he must pay $3,000 in fees and complete three years of probation after release.
Williams’s earlier comments about Charlie Kirk came amid wider national controversy after the organizer’s assassination. Many educators faced consequences for celebrating or justifying the killing, with more than 100 teachers suspended in Texas. Elsewhere, teachers were fired, although some filed lawsuits challenging their dismissals.
One activist claimed to have collected more than 51,000 tips identifying individuals who allegedly expressed support for the assassination online.
Image via Rainier School District.
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