College professor in my town caught with 20,000 images of child pornography

[Zack_of_Steel+ 3,014]

Boy Scouts, UNK suspend professor over child porn charges

By Kim Schmidt

 

KEARNEY -- The Kearney man accused of possessing and distributing child pornography has been removed from any association with the Boy Scouts of America.

 

Joseph J. Benz, 52, an award-winning University of Nebraska at Kearney psychology professor, is charged in Buffalo County Court with three counts of felony distribution of child pornography and three counts of felony possession of child porn. He was arrested Wednesday night at his home after a search warrant was executed there Tuesday night.

 

Benz, a full-time professor, also has been relieved of his summer teaching duties at UNK where he has taught since 1989.

 

“Obviously we are very concerned about the situation and we're cooperating fully with the authorities,” said Kelly Bartling, UNK's assistant vice chancellor of communications and community relations. “We will wait for any outcome in the courts before making any personnel decisions.”

 

A search of one of Benz's home computer uncovered more than 20,000 questionable image files, according to the State Attorney General's Office. The investigation of at least two other computers continues.

 

Court records detailing the case have been sealed.

 

Authorities haven't said whether they made requests to examine or remove computers from Benz's UNK office, but Bartling said school officials are cooperating fully.

 

Benz's overall status with UNK depends on the outcome of the criminal investigation, Bartling said. Another staff member will take over teaching his summer class.

 

"At this time, we are awaiting an outcome in the judicial process, and the only thing we can do at this point is relieve him of his teaching duties pending the investigation," she said. "We'll act on his permanent status when we know the outcome of the charges."

 

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130523/NEWS/705249948/1707

 

 

My girlfriend's taken classes with this worthless fuck. This guy on her Facebook is trying to defend the piece of shit because he was the guy's TA. Are you kidding me?

 

[Dutch 874]

Disgusting

[.AirMcNair. 1,232]

Jesus christ...

 

Can only hope, given his association with the boy scouts, that he's never harmed those kids in any way, but given he has that many images on his PC, that doesn't seem likely..

[BigBen07 285]

My God...

 

I don't know what's worse: the guy having these images or the fact someone is actually defending him.

Edited May 24, 2013 by BigBen07

[RANGA+ 1,210]

That's just fucking sick...I don't even understand...like wtf...

[RazorStar 4,025]

Gives a whole new meaning to the middle of bumfuck Nebraska.

[Maverick 791]

Disgusting.

 

I know there's some weird fantasies out there but child pornography is just fucked up. No defending that.

[blotsfan 2,112]

Yeah it probably wasn't his choice to be attracted to children, but you have to know that child porn is never ok.

[Omerta+ 1,206]

^^^

 

What ?

[BwareDWare94 723]

Kearney's got 30,000 people. It's not like this is the middle of bumfuck nowhere, like people are saying. Not a small town.

[NaTaS+ 958]

Zack laying the smack down.

[Bucman 891]

I will never let my kid into boy scouts. It seems all of them are pedos. We had a teacher in school that was also a boyscout teacher busted for the same crap

[Shotgun 442]

It's fucking sickening to think about how many kids are abused for someone to even have access to 20,000 image files.

[NY Diehard 26]

It's fucking sickening to think about how many kids are abused for someone to even have access to 20,000 image files.

 

Underage kids willingly take pictures of themselves naked all the time and they end up on the internet all the time, it's not out of the question to acquire 20,000 pictures of kids who willingly took these pictures and weren't abused to get them.

[CARDINAL 205]

Underage kids willingly take pictures of themselves naked all the time and they end up on the internet all the time, it's not out of the question to acquire 20,000 pictures of kids who willingly took these pictures and weren't abused to get them.

 

 

Are you just plain stupid, or do you have some type of mental disorder that makes you say just unbelievably ignorant comments like this one?

[blotsfan 2,112]

Its like a freaking stupid fight.

 

And ngata, I was agreeing with mav. Just making the controversial claim that no matter what, child porn is bad.

[NY Diehard 26]

Are you just plain stupid, or do you have some type of mental disorder that makes you say just unbelievably ignorant comments like this one?

 

What about that was stupid?

[Zack_of_Steel+ 3,014]

Kearney's got 30,000 people. It's not like this is the middle of bumfuck nowhere, like people are saying. Not a small town.

 

Indeed. It still sucks here, but Kearney's not entirely like the rest of the state.

 

 

Zack laying the smack down.

 

Yeah, this guy is a dumb cunt. Here's the rest of the argument thus far.

 

 

 

 

 

Underage kids willingly take pictures of themselves naked all the time and they end up on the internet all the time, it's not out of the question to acquire 20,000 pictures of kids who willingly took these pictures and weren't abused to get them.

 

There's playing the devil's advocate and there's being intentionally contrary by creating over-the-top hypotheticals in order to appear correct.

 

And ngata, I was agreeing with mav. Just making the controversial claim that no matter what, child porn is bad.

 

Yeah, as a fucking psychology professor, he knew the options available to him for help.

 

My girlfriend worked as a TA with the psychology department head and spent a lot of time in the psychology department. The man had multiple sclerosis (MS) and was confined to a wheelchair. Once he was diagnosed he had to rearrange his office so that his desk faced away from the door and, upon entering, one had a clear view of his computer screen. After this rearrangement, he began to always keep his door closed and locked.

[blotsfan 2,112]

If he had 20k pictures of porn and there were a few that were 17 year olds, I could believe that he honestly just had a few accidentally. But if you have 20k pictures, all of them being minors, I don't care how close they are to 18, thats not ok.

Not to mention if the DA could tell that all 20k were child porn, I would bet that the people in the pictures were much younger.

[Favre4Ever+ 4,476]

Underage kids willingly take pictures of themselves naked all the time and they end up on the internet all the time, it's not out of the question to acquire 20,000 pictures of kids who willingly took these pictures and weren't abused to get them.

 

 

You were much funnier before everyone realized you post stupid things just to get attention.

[Omerta+ 1,206]

What about that was stupid?

I know you are trolling, but ummmmm in a word....Everything.

 

There is nothing in that statement that was not completely and utterly retarded. It is so devoid of anything resembling a coherent thought that it borders on criminal. That is without a doubt the dumbest post I have seen on TGP and the only contestant to the crown of biggest dipshit is well...I will just say ya know the guy. That thought process is abhorrent and lacking merit of any intellectual constitution that the academic constipation of such and erroneous and ignorant thought it is inhumane that it ever had the misfortune to fall in a pothole in someones head and exit out into the free world is a stain upon people who have more brain matter in a sneeze than was constituted in that entire thought process that it is an unspeakable tragedy that you afforded people an opportunity to read it.