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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
Updated
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.

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