California school principal pleads guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to minor

SOMERSET – A man who worked as an elementary school principal in Northern California has been convicted of several sex crimes against a child, prosecutors say. The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office says Boyd Holler pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of distributing pornography to a minor and contacting a minor for purposes of committing a sexual offense. Holler, 37, was the principal at Pioneer Elementary School in Somerset when he was arrested. Detectives say Holler was messaging a girl online who he believed to be 12 years old. Holler continued sending messages despite being told by the girl she was in 7th grade and lived in Philadelphia, prosecutors say. Prosecutors also say that Holler not only sent the…