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For the second time in three years, a Penn professor has been arrested for child pornography.
This time, Wharton professor emeritus Lawrence Scott Ward allegedly came into the country with videos of himself having sex with boys. In 2003, former Penn library head Paul Mosher pled guilty to child porn charges.
The feds caught Ward after he was flagged for several trips to Thailand. Here’s the relevant info from the Inquirer article:
Customs agents on Sunday also discovered a video on Ward’s laptop computer showing two children who appeared to be as young as 8 years old engaged in sexual activity, according to the affidavit. [...]
In 1999, Ward ended a six-year legal fight in a sex-solicitation case by entering a plea in which he did not admit guilt but acknowledged prosecutors had enough evidence for conviction.
He was sentenced to five years’ probation by Montgomery County Judge S. Gerald Corso.
“My opinion is that you will respond very appropriately to probation,” Corso said. “I would say this is not likely to recur.”
I hope you didn’t bet on that, your honor.
Wharton professor accused of child porn [Inquirer]
Mosher admits to child porn charges [Daily Pennsylvanian]
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