March 31, 2008 -
Gregg Woodward, 45, a Foxboro High School English teacher, was arrested and charged today for possession of child pornography.
The FBI notified local police on Friday. Woodward was arraigne
d in U.S. District Court in Worcester. Woodward is advisor to the school literary magazine and past advisor to the National Honor Society. He has been suspended without pay.
U.S. Attorney's Office Press Release (dated March 31, 2008)
Agents assigned to the FBI, Innocent Images Unit (IIU) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Cyber Crimes Unit, have been conducting undercover transactions in an effort to identify and gain access to websites purportedly distributing child pornography.He is scheduled for a probable cause and detention hearing on April 2, 2008.
According to the affidavit in support of the arrest warrant, such undercover transactions, revealed that WOODWARD allegedly purchased access to at least two websites that distribute child pornography, "The Sick Child Room," and, “RH Collection.” He allegedly purchased a thirty day subscription to The Sick Child Room on June 21, 2007, and paid $99.95, and on March 16, 2007, he purchased access to RH Collection, paying $94.95 for a thirty day subscription.
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION ORDERED April 3 - U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Hillman ordered Gregg Woodward temporarily released, conditional on immediately seeking admission to the psychiatric unit at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester or another hospital. He must surrender immediately to U.S. marshals upon his release from the hospital, or if no hospitals admit him, after which he will face a detention hearing.
