Former School Employee Named in Child Porn Case

 

A former employee of the San Angelo Independent School District has become the subject of a federal investigation centering on possession of child pornography.

The man, 40-year-old Justin Benedict Morales, was arrested by officers of the Attorney General's office and booked into the county jail on five counts of possession with intent to promote child pornography on March 21. He was booked into the jail at 9:07 p.m. and does not have a bond set. Possession with intent to promote child pornography is a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. 

The school district has acknowledged the allegations and issued the following statement with regard to the investigation:

The District received information from law enforcement regarding their investigation of a former school employee. We are cooperating with the investigation. Although the District cannot disclose details regarding a former employee, we rely on information from investigations and law enforcement to take appropriate action. All reports are taken seriously, investigated thoroughly and are acted upon swiftly. The case is being worked by multiple law enforcement agencies led by the Federal government.

 

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This guy use to work for the YMCA around kids, TLCA as a coach and assistant principal and then at Glenn Middle School as an ISS teacher.
WOW...this is mind blowing because he's married has a family and kids that attend school in Wall ISD.

So sad that he's thrown his life away along with everything he worked so hard to get his teaching degree.

Tejas, Fri, 05/22/2015 - 16:06

This is a charge not a conviction. Polly Anna was it really necessary to list his family and school they have done nothing and no doubt will be very embarrassed by this.

Veridicus, Sat, 05/23/2015 - 13:35

So many of those accused of possessing "child pornography" seem to be everyday contributing citizens: educators, youth volunteers, doctors, policemen, lawyers, executives; even religious or government leaders. Given these apparently stable and inoffensive people, should we not perhaps ask ourselves if what they are accused of is really all that evil and harmful?

Scientific studies based on legitimate empirical evidence do not support the ignorance and hate driven mass hysteria and moral panic that currently surrounds so-called "child pornography." According to several objective studies, including Howitt, D (1995) Pornography and the paedophile: Is it criminogenic? British Journal of Medical Psychology, 68, 15-27, the viewing of this material is harmless and does not lead to behaviors which are currently considered to be criminal. Many – perhaps most - of those charged with possessing and viewing so-called "child pornography" have never been involved with a child. Also, the conjecture that all "pornography" is taken without consent is not borne out by empirical facts, and the delusion that children are hurt every time their image is viewed simply is not rational – the child most likely never knows about such viewings. For an essay discussing this subject published in a reputable scientific journal, see http://www.shfri.net/effects/effects.cgi

For a free downloadable 94 page book on these issues which includes voluntary anonymous testimony from now grown former child "actors," see http://www.shfri.net/shfp/beyond/beyond.html

At first glance, I think we all could agree that "Vernon Dicus" is nuts, and an outright advocate for child pornography. I did some quick digging on this cat because, well, let's be honest, I wanted to know who the heck he was and to see if there was some way to get local law enforcement to put eyes on him. What I discovered was terrifying. It would almost seem that he is a national advocate for child pornography. His facebook profile has a location of Chicago, but look at all the (NEARLY ALL IDENTICAL) comments he makes on this issue across the nation:

http://www.ktva.com/husband-and-wife-in-palmer-face-child-porn-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor-charges-982/

http://www.katv.com/story/28710594/uca-professor-arrested-for-child-porn-charges

http://www.katv.com/story/27850853/jonesboro-man-sentenced-to-5-years-in-child-pornography-case

http://putnam.dailyvoice.com/users/vernon-dicus

http://www.koamtv.com/story/28732176/former-restaurant-owner-indicted-for-child-porn

http://www.ktbs.com/story/27927515/kaplan-man-faces-child-porn-charges

http://www.ktbs.com/story/28574362/bossier-city-man-faces-more-than-140-child-porn-charges

http://www.ksla.com/story/29058326/substitute-teacher-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-more-victims-possible

http://www.wfsb.com/story/28774302/meriden-man-facing-child-porn-charges

http://www.wboc.com/story/28816253/fairfax-police-spokesman-charged-with-child-porn-possession

http://www.newstalk1010.com/news/2015/01/08/rcmp-officer-arrested-in-child-porn-bust

Moderators and SALive users, you only need to google the terms "Vernon Dicus Child Pornography" and you'll literally find HUNDREDS of these. He's commented on probably every related news story on the internet, and they're almost all the same, or at the very least making the same point.

Somethings up here. In a bad way. Either this is a really evil, criminally insane person, or this is some sort of strange web crawling/account creating bot that's been coded for some seriously nefarious purposes, but I doubt that based on his repeated comments to this story and his particular comment addressing the CAPTCHA bug. This is probably a real man. A real evil man.

What is going on here?!

Veridicus, Sat, 05/23/2015 - 23:22

attn: TBro. A few decades ago, boys were persecuted and vilified for masturbating, which we now know to be normal and benign. Today, boys (and girls) are denied their intrinsic human right to choose their own partners in sexual experimentation and exploration. How long will it be before this equally sadistic repression ends? Further discussion of this issue may be found in "The Pedophilia Myth" beginning at page 8 of http://www.shfri.net/myths/myths.cgi

tbro, Sat, 05/23/2015 - 23:53

Sounds like you need to read the bible more to see what it says on that subject. I will pray for you.

Veridicus, Sun, 05/24/2015 - 11:14

Attn TR:It would appear that you are so fearful and insecure in your victimological dogma that you would forbid rational thinking people from even being made aware of opposing viewpoints. See http://www.shfri.net/ppp/ppp.cgi

Note to moderator: CAPTCHA is not presented when one attempts, to "Reply" to a previous post.

Maybe if you guys have a slow news day you can do some journalist digging on this Vernon Dicus guy who advocates nationwide for child porn. See my above comments for what I found so far. Super fishy.

twr_98, Mon, 05/25/2015 - 19:03

Vernon, test your emperical evidence by posting your real picture. After all, you will most likely never know who or how many see it. No nudity needed, just a nice current portrait.

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