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Former Marshall County, WV teacher sentenced for possession of child pornography

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Duane David Will, Jr., 33, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced to twelve months and one day in prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Will repeatedly downloaded images of child pornography in April 2014 while employed as a teacher at John Marshall High School in Marshall County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in June 2015 to one count of “Possession of Child Pornography.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated January 8, 2016
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