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Defense seeks to have evidence dismissed in child porn case
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MONROE - The defense for a former Orangeville school teacher charged with possession of child pornography argued Wednesday to have evidence dismissed because it was obtained through im-proper police methods. Timothy Gordon Hoffman, 43, formerly of Monroe and currently of Cherry Valley, Illinois was charged last year with 29 counts of possessing child pornography after the online chat service ChatStep reported that a computer from Hoffman's IP address had uploaded an image of child pornography in September of last year. The photo, which depicted a nude prepubescent girl performing sexual acts on several older males, was found to have been uploaded from Hoffman's address at the time, an apartment in the 2500 block of 13th Street in Monroe.