The former longtime mentor of gifted students at Lincoln Public Schools, who was arrested in February on child pornography allegations, now has been indicted in federal court for it. Joseph Maciarz Jr., 62, made his first court appearance Tuesday, and his federal public defender entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. In February, Nebraska State Patrol investigators arrested him after allegedly finding "numerous items of child pornography" while serving a search warrant at his Lincoln home. State prosecutors charged Maciarz with possession of child pornography. In an indictment unsealed this week, Maciarz stands accused of receiving child pornography between Jan. 1, 2022, and Feb. 1, 2023, and possessing child pornography on Feb. 1.

Source: Daily Sun July 26, 2023 22:46 UTC