Southern Alberta teacher admits to child porn charges
LETHBRIDGE – A 44-year-old Pincher Creek man who had been teaching fourth grade at Napi’s Playground Elementary School in Brocket, has pleaded guilty to charges of making and possessing child pornography.
Mark Anderson entered the pleas Monday, July 16, in Lethbridge Provincial Court.
Through an agreed statement of facts, the court was informed that Google tipped off the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children last July, after they noted that a Gmail account had uploaded an image of child porn.
Through an investigation, ALERT’s (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit was able to trace the internet address to Anderson’s Pincher Creek home, where they seized a number of electronics and took him into custody. Police also seized electronics from Anderson’s classroom as well.