Jan 10, 2008 -
Anthony B.Cardiel, 80, who retired in 2003 from Washington High School in Milwaukee, was bound over for trial on child pornography possession charges.
The investigation of Cardiel began in October 2006 when his son reported finding child pornography along with other explicit sexual material on Cardiel's computer, according to a criminal complaint. Investigators raided Cardiel's home a month later and seized several computers as well as videotapes, the complaint said.Cardiel told police that he has had a sexual interest in teens his entire life.
See Retired teacher, 80, faces child porn charges (Dated Dec 13, 2007)
The investigation took a year. Cardiel's son said he found the items when his father asked him to fix a problem on the computer and had the files minimized.
A poster at the Dec 13 news story wondered what took investigators and prosecutors a year to file charges. It isn't incompetence but thoroughness.
Whenever child pornography is found investigators compare the images to a national databases of known pornography to try to identify the victims if they can. This also helps them track back to what they hope is the source of the image. In addition, they want to know if any of the images are of local children and if the perpetrator was, himself, trading images.
It's a time-consuming process.
Cardiel was arrested and will be tried in Sheboygan.
PLEA HEARING SCHEDULED for April 24, 2008.
