Reactions are mixed after Salt Lake County Commission’s decision to strike down a health order requiring kindergarten through sixth grade students to wear masks.
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The Salt Lake City School District’s office building is pictured in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Joel-Lehi Organista, 29, a member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education, was was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, for investigation of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
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A member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education has been arrested and accused of possessing child pornography.
Joel-Lehi Organista, 29, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
WEST JORDAN A member of the Salt Lake City School District s Board of Education has been arrested and accused of possessing child pornography.
Joel-Lehi Organista, 29, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
The investigation began when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report of a Dropbox account containing suspected child pornography. The account was linked to Organista s residence, according to a police booking affidavit.
When police interviewed Organista, he admitted to having downloaded, viewed and kept images and videos containing child pornography in his Dropbox account, the affidavit states. Some of the images were of children as young as 5 years old, according to police.
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Salt Lake City School District teachers hold signs as they attend a press conference in support of student and educator safety during the COVID-19 pandemic on the steps of the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The Salt Lake Education Association held the event to raise awareness of the actions of lawmakers who worked to leverage the Salt Lake City School District with legislation designed to usurp local elected school board authority and punish the school district for choosing remote instruction until teachers were vaccinated or safety metrics were met.
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