Chicago man Thomas Neal, teacher at Niles high school, charged with transporting child pornography: U.S. attorney

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Thomas Neal, 42, has been suspended, according to Niles Township High School District 219

CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago high school teacher has been charged with transporting child pornography, federal prosecutors said Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois identified the defendant as 42-year-old Thomas Neal.

According to prosecutors, Neal had images and videos of child pornography on his cellphone when he traveled June 17 from O’Hare International Airport to Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City.

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After Neal arrived in Mexico, border authorities selected him for additional screening and discovered images on his phone that officials said met the definition of child pornography, according to the release.

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