Substitute teacher arrested in child porn case
June 19, 2012
By Sebastian Moraga
A substitute teacher from North Bend was arrested June 15 for possession of child pornography, according to a press release from the King County Sheriff’s Office.
Police were tipped off that the man, 64, had posted a link to a child porn website on his Facebook page. They contacted the man and found he had many videos and photos containing “sexually explicit images of children,” according to the release. Detectives described the items they found as “disturbing.”
The man, whose identity has not been released, was booked the day of his arrest into the King County Jail for investigation of child porn possession. The case has been forwarded to the county prosecutor’s office for review.
“They’ve told us it’s still an active investigation, and we have not seen the report,” said Carolyn Malcolm, public information coordinator for the Snoqualmie Valley School District. “King County notified the district in mid-May that they were going to conduct an investigation.”
Malcolm said the district removed the man from its substitute-teachers’ list as soon as it learned of the investigation. The man has not worked in the district since then, but did work for the district this year, she added.
Lastly, Malcolm said the district found out about the arrest June 18.
She declined to comment further, including not identifying the schools where he worked or the ages of children he taught, saying district officials needed to wait to see whether the prosecuting attorney would press charges.
Sebastian Moraga: 392-6434, ext. 221, or smoraga@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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I am sorry I think as parent we have a right to know who this is so we can ask our children if acted any way inapproaltiy around them. If so we can come forward and talk to the police.