John Wingate
Bradenton, Fl.(Florida News Network)-Two employees of the Manatee County school district are facing serious criminal charges on unrelated, separate incidents, that involve children.
Bradenton police Friday, arrested 26 year old John Wingate of Bradenton on multiple counts of possession of child pornography.
Since March, police working with the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force have been following leads regarding the transmission of child pornography from Wingate's computer. Wingate is a substitute teacher for the Manatee County School District.
Another substitute for the district is accused of hitting a 12 year old student as he was walking to school, the child was not seriously injured. The teacher, 66 year old Robert Morse of Bradenton is charged with simply battery, he told police he was just being playful.
Wingate photo credit: Bradenton Police