A 31-year-old math instructor who taught algebra labs at Miami Dade College's Kendall campus is facing a dozen felony counts after Miami-Dade detectives say they traced a Kik Messenger account distributing child sexual abuse material back to him. Christian Constantiny was taken into custody by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Special Victims Bureau on Thursday, and a judge has since found probable cause to hold him on $30,000 bond.
According to WSVN 7News, investigators discovered that files had been uploaded and distributed through a Kik account with the username timeskippe. Detectives obtained a search warrant for that account, and the resulting search uncovered numerous files and chat logs showing child sexual abuse material being distributed, per the arrest report cited by the station. Investigators say they traced the timeskippe account to Constantiny and used legal process to confirm he was the person associated with it, with his internet activity ultimately confirmed as connected to the uploads.
Six Files, Twelve Counts
Investigators reviewed six files that they determined met Florida's legal criteria for a sexual performance by a child, the station's report indicates. That review resulted in Constantiny being charged with six counts of possession of a sexual performance by a child alongside six counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child — a dozen felony counts stemming from those six files.
The dual charging structure traces back to specific provisions in Florida law. Under Florida Statute §827.071(5), simple possession of such material is a third-degree felony carrying up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine, according to Daytona Beach Criminal Defense, and state law treats each individual photo or video file as its own separate criminal count. Promotion or distribution of such material, charged under Florida Statute §827.071(3), is a more serious second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine per count, per Leppard Law.
That same legal analysis explains why Constantiny faces both sets of charges rather than possession alone. Florida evidentiary law holds that possessing three or more distinct digital files depicting a child in a sexual performance creates a legal presumption of intent to promote, which allows prosecutors to layer second-degree promotion counts on top of basic possession charges, Leppard Law notes. With six files identified, that threshold was cleared.
How the Kik Tip Reached Detectives
Cases like this one typically begin not with a human complaint but with automated software. Court records cited by Justia Law document that Kik Messenger scans uploaded content against known digital hash values and generates automatic reports — containing account metadata, IP addresses, and chat records — that are routed to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for law enforcement referral. Department of Justice records indicate that millions of similar tips flow through NCMEC's CyberTipline each year, feeding local Internet Crimes Against Children task forces that execute search warrants like the one served in Constantiny's case.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Special Victims Bureau, which made the arrest, routinely coordinates with federal task forces on this kind of digital forensics work, using specialized techniques to trace IP addresses from third-party app providers back to physical residences in South Florida, according to a WPLG Local 10 account of the bureau's operations. Investigators say Constantiny invoked his rights after receiving a Miranda warning.
Booked at TGK, Employment Status Unclear
Constantiny was booked at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade, the facility where Miami-Dade County routes felony child exploitation arrests. Defendants held there on similar charges are often released under bond conditions that bar internet use and contact with minors pending trial, though the arrest report reviewed by WSVN 7News does not specify what conditions accompany Constantiny's $30,000 bond.
Public course listings show Constantiny taught College Algebra Co-Requisite Lab sections at Miami Dade College's Kendall campus across multiple terms from Fall 2023 through Fall 2025, according to Coursicle's course directory. It remains unclear whether Miami Dade College has taken any employment action against him, and whether additional devices seized during the investigation contain further unreviewed material that could lead to supplemental charges is also unresolved.
The case follows a pattern seen elsewhere in Miami-Dade County, where CSAM arrests involving instructional personnel — including former school district staff and charter school employees — have previously led to swift employment terminations and license reviews once digital device seizures produced multi-count felony indictments, as Hoodline has reported in a related trial.
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