| Friday, May 16, 2008 6:32 PM CDT |
Ex-sub teacher gets 10 years for porn charges
By Pantagraph staff
PEORIA -- A former substitute teacher at several area schools was sentenced to 10 years in prison on federal pornography charges.
Scott Southerland, 49, of the 1400 block of South Oak Street, pleaded guilty in January to possessing and receiving child pornography.
Southerland taught at Atlanta Elementary School in 2000 and was a substitute teacher in Unit 5, District 87 and Farmer City’s Blue Ridge school district.
The McLean County investigation involving Southerland started after a housekeeper brought to police photos she took on her cell phone of materials she found in Southerland’s home. Police reports indicate that the images depicted young boys in sexual acts with men.
Charges were filed in federal court after similar counts were leveled against the former teacher in McLean County. The local charges were dismissed after federal counts were filed.
In Tuesday’s sentencing hearing he also was fined $2,500.
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