Former teacher charged with child pornography

Associated Press

July 02, 2009 02:01 pm

— HOLLY POND, Ala. (AP) — A 25-year-old former high school teacher has been arrested by Cullman County Sheriff’s investigators on child pornography and extortion charges.
Derrick LePard of Holly Pond, a former science teacher at Cold Springs High School, was arrested Wednesday at his home. The Cullman County grand jury indicted him for attempting to produce child pornography and attempting to commit extortion. LePard’s arraiagnment is set for Aug. 3.
Sheriff Tyler Roden said the child pornography charge did not involve any students at Cold Springs or any residents of the county.
Roden would not elaborate on the extortion charge other than it was based on several text messages allegedly sent by LePard to some Cold Springs students