A former western Kansas elementary school teacher has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of producing child sexual abuse material.

Ryan-Roy Benjamin Beach pleaded guilty Aug. 13 in U.S. District Court in Topeka to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child — production of child pornography.

"I am 'GUILTY' and do not believe I am innocent," Beach said in a signed petition.

Beach has a Kansas teaching license that expires in October 2026, according to online Kansas State Department of Education records . The records indicate he taught from 2019 to 2024 at Wheatland Elementary School in Wheatland USD 292 at Grainfield in Gove County.

Beach had previously been indicted by a grand jury on five charges. As part of a plea deal, federal prosecutors agreed to dismiss some charges a

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