Crime & Safety
Former Fort Zumwalt Teacher Sentenced in Child Porn Case
Matt Hansen pleaded guilty to possession of child porn.
Matthew Hansen, 39, of Winfield, was sentenced to seven years in prison for videotaping boys in the shower at a fifth-grade camp at Cuivre River State Park.
Hansen taught in the Fort Zumwalt School District from 2004 until he was place on administrative leave in 2012.
Hansen still awaits sentencing on federal child pornography charges that could result in another 15 to 30 years in prison.
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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the campers included children from Progress South Elementary and Lewis and Clark Elementary in St. Peters and Dardenne Elementary Schools in O'Fallon.
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