Logan-Rogersville teacher arrested on child porn charges

Logan-Rogersville teacher arrested on child porn charges

This story has been updated with information on McCroskey's defense attorneys. 

A Logan-Rogersville High School English teacher has been arrested on federal child porn charges.

Matthew McCroskey, 50, was booked into the Greene County Jail on Wednesday night and charged Thursday with receiving and distributing child porn.

A criminal complaint says McCroskey's computer was identified as the possible source of two child porn images on the internet during a Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation from November.

The complaint says law enforcement searched McCroskey's home in Springfield on Wednesday and found several images of child porn on McCroskey's computer.

McCroskey also had hidden cameras in his bathroom and video on his computer of a female who appeared to be 17 or 18 using his toilet, according to the complaint.

McCroskey allegedly denied being interested in or searching for child porn but acknowledged some had been sent to him over a peer-to-peer program.

The Logan-Rogersville superintendent said McCroskey has worked at the district since 2004, teaching English and sponsoring the yearbook.

McCroskey's attorneys in the case are Joe Passanise and Dee Wampler.