ST. CHARLES 鈥 A City of St. Charles School District teacher was charged Wednesday with having images of child sexual abuse on his phone.
Louis Nicholas Saubers III was charged with one count of possession of child pornography after St. Charles County Police arrested him at St. Charles High School on Tuesday, charging documents say.
Saubers, 45, taught speech and theater at St. Charles High, the school鈥檚 staff directory shows. He worked for the City of St. Charles School District for 14 years, according to the .
According to court records, police said they started investigating Saubers in June after Sniffies, a hookup app used primarily by gay and bisexual men, detected an image connected to Saubers鈥 account suspected to be child pornography. Police said the image showed a nude prepubescent boy performing a sex act on an adult man.
The court records say additional reports were associated with Saubers鈥 IP address.
In Sniffies chat logs obtained through search warrants, Saubers bragged about molesting underage boys and having child porn to 鈥済oon out to,鈥 investigators said. Police also said Saubers wrote about having sex with an 8-year-old boy multiple times after the boy鈥檚 father drugged the boy.
Saubers, in an interview with police, said his chats on Sniffies were just fantasies.
After his arrest, court records show, police said they searched Saubers鈥 phone and found multiple images of child sex abuse, with several showing infants or toddlers.
Missouri Department of Social Services Children鈥檚 Division started investigating Saubers in June 2024 after the National Human Trafficking Hotline received an anonymous call that a man living at Saubers鈥 residence sexually assaulted and drugged their child, charging documents say. Police said the case was unsubstantiated by the children鈥檚 division.
City of St. Charles Superintendent Jason Sefrit said in a message to parents on Wednesday that Saubers had been placed on administrative leave. He said the district believed the allegations against Saubers did not involve students, but encouraged parents to contact law enforcement if they had information to share.
鈥淲hile we can鈥檛 discuss in-depth information regarding an active legal and personnel matter, we can share with you that we have been in full communication with law enforcement and will continue cooperating as they continue their investigation,鈥 Sefrit said.
Saubers is being held at the St. Charles County Jail. His bail was set at $185,000.
