Fresno High tutor arrested in child sexual abuse material case
A Fresno High tutor was booked on child exploitation charges after investigators said he used a Discord chat to contact minors and tried to meet one in person.
Fresno County sheriff’s detectives arrested a Fresno High School after-school tutor after evidence showed he sent child sexual abuse material to children in an online chat and tried to arrange an in-person meeting with at least one minor.
Investigators identified the suspect as Keebtsim Txhim Christopher Xiong, 26, of Fresno. The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office said Xiong was booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges of arranging to meet a minor for sexual purposes and possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. His bail was set at $100,000, and he has since posted bond and been released pending a future court date.
Xiong worked at Fresno High School through California Teaching Fellows Foundation, the outside company contracted by Fresno Unified School District to provide the tutoring service. The foundation placed him on administrative leave immediately after the arrest.
Detectives said the case began after they received information that Xiong was communicating inappropriately with minors in a Discord group chat. Preliminary evidence showed he exchanged child sexual abuse material with children and made efforts to contact at least one of them in person. Authorities said the investigation remains active and charges are still pending.
The sheriff’s office said the broader concern is that Xiong’s role gave him access to children in a school setting. Detectives warned that additional victims may not have come forward and urged anyone with information to contact investigators or Valley Crime Stoppers anonymously.
The Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force led the arrest. The sheriff’s office said the task force includes 68 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across nine Central Valley counties, a network built to investigate online child exploitation cases that cross city and county lines.
For Fresno parents, the central questions now reach beyond the arrest itself: how Xiong had contact with students, what safeguards were in place at Fresno High, and whether any warning signs were missed before the investigation reached the school. The case now moves into the court system, while detectives continue looking for anyone else who may have been affected.
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