SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City Journal
August 19, 2014 • Andrea J. Cook Journal staff
A teacher at St. Thomas More Middle School in Rapid City was fired last week after school officials learned he was the subject of a child-pornography investigation.
A tip brought Andrew Hiipakka, 26, of Rapid City, to the attention of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, according to a Rapid City Police Department news release.
A search of Hiipakka’s home produced numerous images of child pornography on his personal computer, the release said.
Hiipakka was arrested without incident Tuesday. He was being held in the Pennington County Jail under a $50,000 bond.
The Rapid City Catholic School System was informed of the investigation on Aug. 14, and he was fired that day, according to police spokeswoman Tarah Heupel.
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