PLEASE NOTE THE NATURE OF THIS NEWS STORY.
A hearing is scheduled today (November 21) for a Teutopolis man who was arrested last week on federal child pornography charges. Authorities say 42-year-old Anthony Hartke, who was arrested last week, is charged with possession of child pornography and two counts of receipt of child pornography. The indictment alleges that Hartke had a five-minute video of a girl between the ages of 13 and 15 having sex with an adult man, along with digital images. It’s not his first offense. In 2011, Hartke was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison was required to register as a sex offender. He remains in federal custody.