{"id":111592,"date":"2019-02-08T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/?p=111592"},"modified":"2019-02-11T15:19:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T20:19:33","slug":"st-marys-teacher-coach-charged-with-possession-of-pornographic-work-involving-minors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/st-marys-teacher-coach-charged-with-possession-of-pornographic-work-involving-minors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Former St. Mary&#8217;s teacher, coach charged with Possession of Pornographic work involving minors (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190208kirchoefer.png\">[ad id=&#8221;11746&#8243;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111585 size-full aligncenter\" title=\"20190208kirchoefer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190208kirchoefer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary&#8217;s High School Theology teacher and cross country coach, Neil Kirchoefer, has been charged with Possession of Pornographic work involving minors. St. Mary&#8217;s did place Kirchoefer on leave last fall after discovering the material, after which time he resigned his position. He has been a member of the staff since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Problem Viewing?&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southernminnesotanews.com\/catholic-school-teacher-charged-following-child-porn-investigation-in-brown-county\/\">CLICK HERE&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>  \nwindow.onload = document.write(\"<iframe width='100%' height='1500' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0' scrolling='auto' frameborder='0'  src='https:\/\/www.southernminnesotanews.com\/catholic-school-teacher-charged-following-child-porn-investigation-in-brown-county\/' ><\/iframe> \"); \n <\/script>\n<p><strong>Sleepy Eye Police Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2-8-19 Press Release<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>On 11-28-18 the Sleepy Eye Police Department was contacted by St. Mary\u2019s School Administration. Administration was informed by a teacher that possible child pornography was viewed on one of the school\u2019s laptop computers. Administration brought the laptop computer with them and turned it over to the Sleepy Eye Police Department for investigative purposes. The laptop computer was given to teacher Neil Kirchoefer by St. Mary\u2019s School for school use. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Sleepy Eye Police Department conducted an investigation that included interviews with the teacher that saw the suspected pornographic image and Neil Kirchoefer on 11-28-18. On 11-28-18 a search warrant was completed on Neil Kirchoefer\u2019s residence in Sleepy Eye that resulted in the seizure of a cell phone and an additional laptop computer.\u00a0<\/em><em>St Mary\u2019s school voluntarily turned over 2 additional electronic devices that Neil Kirchoefer used while working. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Sleepy Eye Police Department was assisted by the Brown County Sheriff\u2019s Office in the analysis of the electronic devices. The Brown County Sheriff\u2019s Investigator transported all the electronic devices to the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office to be analyzed by an Internet Crimes against Children expert.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>On the evening of 2-7-19 the Sleepy Eye Police Department received the computer analysis from the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office through the Brown County Sheriff\u2019s Investigator. Based on the information in the report and in consultation with the Brown County Sheriff\u2019s Investigator and the Brown County Attorney\u2019s Office Neil Kirchoefer was arrested and placed in the Brown County Jail the morning of 2-8-19 and charged with Possession of Pornographic Work Involving Minors, MN statute 617.247, and Use of Minors in Sexual Performance Prohibited, MN statute 617.246. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>St Mary\u2019s School has provided quality assistance and information that helped bring this case to light and assist in charges being brought against Neil Kirchoefer. St. Mary\u2019s School Administration has kept in communication with the Sleepy Eye Police Department throughout this investigation. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>At this time there is no information that any juveniles from Brown County were victimized by Neil Kirchoefer. This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Sleepy Eye Police Department.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>St. Mary&#8217;s School Press Release<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"gde-error\">GDE Error: Error retrieving file - if necessary turn off error checking (404:Not Found)<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad id=&#8221;11746&#8243;] &nbsp; &nbsp; St. Mary&#8217;s High School Theology teacher and cross country coach, Neil Kirchoefer, has been charged with Possession of Pornographic work involving minors. St. Mary&#8217;s did place Kirchoefer on leave last fall after discovering the material, after which time he resigned his position. 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