Niles North Teacher Thomas Neal Charged in Child Pornography Case After June 17 Mexico Flight
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Updated · FOX 32 Chicago · Jun 26
Niles North Teacher Thomas Neal Charged in Child Pornography Case After June 17 Mexico Flight
3 articles · Updated · FOX 32 Chicago · Jun 26
Summary
Federal prosecutors charged Thomas Neal, 42, with one count of transporting child pornography after authorities said he carried illicit images and videos on a June 17 flight from Chicago to Mexico City.
Mexican border authorities flagged Neal for secondary screening after allegedly seeing child pornography on his phone, then confiscated the device, two laptops and six storage devices.
Homeland Security investigators later found hundreds of child pornography files on Neal's phone, according to the criminal complaint.
Neal, a Spanish teacher at Niles North High School in Skokie, faces a mandatory minimum of 5 years and up to 20 years in prison; he remains in federal custody ahead of a June 29 hearing.