MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
AP
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. • The former music director of a Springfield church has been indicted on child pornography charges.
The U.S. attorney’s office says the indictment was returned last week and unsealed Monday after Craig Wieneke, of Springfield, was arrested and made his initial court appearance.
The indictment alleges that Wieneke, 31, received and distributed child pornography over the Internet from November through April, when Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield fired him because the FBI, police and the Greene County Sheriff’s Department were investigating.
Executive pastor Wayne Barron told the Springfield News-Leader that Wieneke didn’t work with children for his job.
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