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North Texas Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges

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PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - A 31-year-old Plano teacher has been arrested on child exploitation charges U.S. Attorney John M. Bales said Monday.

Keith Oser, a 5th grade teacher at Legacy Charter School in Plano, was arrested Friday, Nov. 13, and went before a judge Monday.

Oser has been charged in a federal complaint with distribution of child pornography. Oser will return to court Nov. 24 for detention and preliminary hearings.

This case is being prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, click here.

Anyone with additional information on this case is asked to contact Victim-Witness Coordinator Judy Daigle at the U.S. Attorney's Office at 1-800-804-3547.

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