TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An assistant boys high school basketball coach in Topeka has been charged with federal child pornography counts.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Kansas says 40-year-old Jeffrey Pierce of Topeka is charged with two counts of producing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.
Pierce is a coach at Seaman High School in Topeka. A district spokeswoman says Pierce has been suspended and that the school board will soon vote on a resolution to fire him.
Prosecutors say the production crimes occurred March 10 and March 14 and the possession crime occurred Sept. 2. Officials have not given other details about the alleged crimes.