David A. Hay (age: 39), a resident of Brooklyn, New York, was charged via a criminal complaint following his December 29, 2019, arrest by local authorities.
According to the complaint and supporting affidavit, starting in July of 2019, Hay, a former Wisconsin resident, began corresponding on a popular dating app with “Colton” whom he believed to be a 14 year-old boy living in Neenah, Wisconsin. Hay began engaging in sexually explicit conversations with “Colton” and making plans to meet up with the minor to engage in sexual activity.
The first message the cop received from Hay said, “Into daddies?” Hoffer then told Hay he was 14 and Hay replied “Yea I’m good w that.”
Hay was deputy chief of staff to New York City Department of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza.
“Colton” was, in fact, a City of Neenah Police Investigator operating undercover. The complaint alleges that Hay procured a “whirlpool suite” at a Neenah area hotel for the purpose of meeting up with the child for sexual activity. Following Hay’s arrest, a search of his smart phone revealed sexually explicit images of a former Tomah High School student. Hay was the principal at that school from 2011-2014. Prior to that he was an administrator at Kettle Moraine High School for several years.
Hay faces charges of using a computer to attempt to persuade, induce, or entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b), and possession of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B). He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and up to a lifetime of imprisonment if convicted of the enticement charge, and up to 10 years imprisonment if convicted of the child pornography possession charge.
