Crime & Safety
Wellesley High Coach Charged with Child Porn
The former Harvard coach allegedly admitted to using Craigslist to send and receive child porn.
WELLESLEY, MA - An assistant track coach at Wellesley High and former Harvard University track coach was arrested and charged Thursday with sending and receiving of child pornography, the U.S. District Attorney's Office said.
Walter Johnson, 69, of Framingham allegedly used Craigslist to to send and receive child porn from his Framingham home. Authorities say Johnson admitted to it, and a preliminary investigation confirmed child porn on devices at his home.
Johnson is charged by criminal complaint with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
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A detention and probable cause hearing is set for May 1.
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