Child porn investigation: Union Grove school administrator pleads not guilty

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Nov 12, 2026
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AI GeneratedA school superintendent has pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing child pornography and waived his preliminary hearing. He is currently out on $250,000 bail with strict conditions, including a no-contact order with minors and a ban on internet-capable devices.
Superintendent facing charges of possession of child porn entered
a not guilty plea and waived his preliminary hearing this morning.
Our Racine Kenosha County reporter Ben Hanson says
the case has launched another investigation to learn exactly what
law enforcement officials gave him possible inside information.
We have learned a lot about this case through search warrants
and the criminal complaint when
charges were filed, but there are still many unanswered questions.
One of the biggest ones,
who told Johnson about the investigation before investigators
were assigned to the case?
In the criminal complaint, it says Johnson
admitted he talked with someone from the Racine
County Sheriff's Office on October 22nd.
This happened after school in his office,
the day after the anonymous letter was sent out
that triggered this entire investigation.
When Johnson was asked why he didn't mention
that interaction earlier to law enforcement,
he said he forgot. Citing a pending investigation,
both the Racine and Kenosha County Sheriff's
Offices declined to identify this employee
from the Racine County Sheriff's Office.
Does Johnson have anything he would like
to say directly to Union Grove families who have
a lot of questions and are kind of also
in the same boat as you of waiting to see how things
play out? What he says is he is presumed innocent
and he has entered a plea of not guilty.
Another big question, was the child porn found
on Johnson's phone of his past and or former students?
In the criminal complaint,
it says in the anonymous letter, the author said, quote,
I saw his text messages from what I think are past students
or current students that are inappropriate.
There are some pictures as well.
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office
didn't get back to me on that question.
They're the office leading this investigation
because the Racine County Sheriff's Office
handed it off to them, citing a conflict of interest.
Johnson posted his $250,000 bail and is now out of custody.
He has a no-contact order with minors
and cannot use any devices with internet capability.
Outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, Ben Hanson, Fox 6 News.
All right, Ben, thank you.
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