Lake Co. Fire Official Arrested For Child Porn

Joseph Hubbard, assistant chief of the Newport Township Fire Department, was arrested today and charged with possession of child pornography. Per the Tribune:

A relative of Hubbard's notified authorities there were pornographic images of children on Hubbard's home computer, said Mary Stanton, chief of the Lake County state's attorney's cyber crimes unit.

An investigation discovered pornographic images of children that had been e-mailed and saved in Hubbard's e-mail account, Stanton said.

Hubbard resigned his position and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

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