Fredericksburg, VIRGINIA

Canadian investigators find child pornography on his computer.

July 23, 2008 - Richard Doucet, 37, a private school teacher in Montreal, was arrested in May at a hotel in Virginia on allegations he had used an Internet chat room to attempt to lure a minor for sex. After his arrest, police in Montreal carried out a search warrant on Doucet's home on a request from investigators in Virginia and found child pornography.

[The] investigators found a video containing child pornography and about 100 photos depicting children being sexually abused. The head of the sexual assault squad said investigators do not know how the child pornography was obtained, but are still trying to determine its origins.

TT - Amazingly, the Canadian officials are holding off charging him for the child pornography because they are waiting to see what happens in the United States because the internet luring charges in the U.S. are "more serious charges." Go figure.

May 13 - Montreal school copes with news of teacher's arrest
Doucet had been at a teachers' conference in Atlanta but made a side trip to Fredericksburg, Va., where he was arrested. He was charged with attempted indecent liberties, use of an electronic communications device to solicit a juvenile, and two counts of distribution of child pornography.

NEW CHARGES September 5 - Doucet has been charged with more than 200 new counts related to child pornography. The new accusations stem from images found on a compact disc that was seized by police from a motel room.

Det. John Chapman of Dumfries, Va., police said the 36-year-old has been indicted on 230 counts of possessing and reproducing child pornography.

Chapman said each felony carries a five-year mandatory prison sentence, which means Doucet could be sentenced to more than 1,000 years in jail if convicted on all counts.
"Down here in Virginia they take that very seriously," Chapman told The Canadian Press on Friday.

"Virginians are conservative people and they want to protect their kids. It's all about putting these guys away."

Police do not expect more charges.