A Brooklyn high school teacher was arrested Wednesday for targeting minors online and producing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

The U.S. Attorney's office said Jonathan Deutsch, 34, targeted the minors on Facebook starting in January 2017 and convinced them to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos, often telling them he was a teacher.

Deutsch is a teacher at Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences in Manhattan Beach.

The U.S. Attorney's office said he had sexual conversations with at least 45 minors ranging in age from 10 to 16 years old.

Deutsch faces five counts of sexual exploitation of a child. If convicted, he could face at least 15 years in prison.