Brocket Elementary School teacher facing child pornography charges
LETHBRIDGE – A 44-year-old teacher on the Piikani Nation has been charged with possessing, accessing, and distributing child pornography.
Mark Anderson, a resident of Pincher Creek, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 12, after an investigation by the ALERT Internet Child Exploitation unit. Pincher Creek and Piikani Nation RCMP and Lethbridge Police were also involved.
ALERT said Anderson is a teacher at Brocket Elementary School, and is involved with programs such as minor sports and Scouts Canada on the reserve.
The investigation began in July 2017 when ICE was contacted by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about materials being uploaded on social media. ALERT said it only recently learned the user in question is a teacher.