Guilty of 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Sentenced to probation!!!
Police found 225,628 images on his computer.
Elected teacher's union president. Told the investigator he had looked at that type of pornography since he was a teenager. 
ARRAIGNED June 8, 2007 -
Gary E. Rademacher, 53, a recently-retired
teacher at t Jarrett Middle School and a Boy Scout leader, was arraigned on 10 counts of possessing child pornography.
A forensic examination of the computer found a total of 225,628 image files and 520 movie files. Almost all depicted young boys or young men engaged in sexual contact, sexual activity, or anal sexual intercourse (sodomy. The suspected child pornograph featuring boys younger than 14 years old included 1,346 image files and 12 movies.
He allegedly told the investigator he had looked at that type of pornography since he was a teenager.
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF TEACHERS UNION June 8 - Springfield News-Leader: Rademacher had been elected to serve as president of the Missouri State Teachers Association for the 2007-2008 school year, but resigned from the post after the investigation began in January. He also served as a board member and vice president of the union.
Rademacher had collected child pornography since he was a teenager. He worked at five Springfield elementary schools and four middle schools during his three decade career with the district.
Oct 4, 2007 - Ky3 - (Using the same picture that is used at his sentencing story.) He also is a former vice president and president-elect of the Missouri State Teachers Association, a statewide group that represents teachers, including many in the Springfield School District. He resigned from the president-elect position this winter. Detective, Cpl. David Stone, says he found 225,628 photos and 520 movies that show children, all except one being boys, “engaged in sexual contact, sexual activity, or anal sexual intercourse (sodomy).”
GUILTY PLEA AND OUTRAGEOUS SENTENCE April 2, 2008 - KY3: Rademacher pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Greene County Circuit Judge Tom Mountjoy immediately sentenced Gary Rademacher to five years of probation, with multiple conditions.
The conditions include Rademacher must be in a treatment program, have no contact with anyone under 17 years old unless approved by a judge, and cannot own a computer or have access to the internet unless approved by a judge. [TT - No mention of his union past in this story or the following stories.]
WSPR: (Apr 2) Prosecutors said they think the punishment was appropriate because they had determined none of the children depicted in the images were from the area. They claim: Police found more than 1,300 images of child pornography on Rademacher's computer.
News-Leader: (March 22) - Rademacher was a teacher at Jarrett Middle School and a Boy Scout leader for Troop 31.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Springfield, MISSOURI
