LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A former Grand Island teacher has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in a deal with prosecutors.
Brian Mohr, 38, of Grand Island, entered the plea Tuesday, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. As part of the deal, he agreed to a five-year federal prison term when he’s sentenced Jan. 29.
Officials say Mohr was a teacher at Northwest High School in Grand Island and Grand Island Central Catholic when he received nude and sexually explicit photos of minors from a student. The male student had pretended to be a female student to get the lewd photos from other teens, then blackmailed the victims for more photos, police said. The student sent more than three dozen of the nude images to Mohr in 2019, officials said.
A search of Mohr’s home in January turned up child pornography, and Grand Island Police arrested him. He originally was charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography, but those charges were dropped when he was later indicted on the federal count.
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