| More vileness about a story we first saw a week ago. |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had been surveilling the Delshire Elementary physical education teacher, identified as Mark Altherr, for allegedly taking part in child pornography on the internet, Inside Edition reported on Friday.The suspect is accused of being a member of a website described as a “child pornography community” since 2021 and made several hundred posts on it, according to Local 12:
Local 12 said Altherr was called a “senior member” of the website:
He was arrested at a hotel in Columbus on July 26 after agents reportedly watched the suspect take a child into his room. The Inside Edition article continued:
Believing the girl was “in imminent danger,” the agents knocked on the door and announced themselves, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Altherr opened the door, but tried to shut it, the complaint alleges. Agents entered and found a young girl “completely nude,” the court document said. He was arrested and taken into custody, authorities said.
Law enforcement believes there may be more victims in the case, per WCPO.
“It makes me sick at my stomach,” a man who lives next door to the school told the outlet when he learned of the allegations. “It just makes me so frickin’ sick,” he said.
The suspect is being held at the Butler County Jail while he waits for officials to transfer him to federal custody. In regard to his job, Altherr was placed on administrative leave but the board of education is planning to begin termination proceedings.