MASSACHUSETTS
WHDH

Reported by Anthony Miller

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (WHDH) –
A Merrimack College civil engineering professor was arrested on Friday for possession of child pornography.

Gary Spring, 61, of Danvers was the chairman of the college’s civil engineering department and was the administrator of the residential summer camp for middle and high school students.

According to the U.S. Attorney, Merrimack uncovered suspicious activity associated with one of the college’s loaner computers back in June. An investigation revealed that the computer, which triggered virus threat detection alerts, was used to access child pornography and that Spring had signed out the computer around that time.