Former Liberty High school sub teacher charged with child pornography

WARREN — Michael R. Mattocks, 31, a former Liberty High School substitute teacher, pleaded not guilty today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to 10 child pornography charges.

Bond for Mattocks, of Stonington Drive in Liberty, was set at $5,000 by Judge W. Wyatt McKay. Mattocks was booked into the Trumbull County jail Thursday morning after Mattocks was secretly indicted by a county grand jury.

A Liberty police report says students of Mattocks at the high school discovered photos on Mattocks’ personal computer Jan. 17 that showed Mattocks and females without clothing.

The students had permission to use his computer but not to view his personal files, police said.

21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, reported that Mattocks was a substitute teacher in the school district last school year but he no longer teaches there and his teaching license has expired.

WFMJ also quoted Gabe Wildman, assistant county prosecutor, as saying Mattocks encouraged female students ages 15 and 16 to send him nude photos of themselves.