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Former Cornell Employee Accused Of Child Pornography Possession in Ithaca
Copyright © 2002 by The Cornell Daily Sun, Inc.
| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2002
| By CHRIS MITCHELL
Posted on 10/22/2002 6:11:07 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Former Cornell employee Robert E. Mosher was arrested on Thursday for two counts of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, according to an October 18 Cornell news release.
Linda Grace-Kobas, director of Cornell News Service, said, "It is alleged that he was in possession of child pornography. He hasn't been charged with selling."
According to Grace-Kobas, Mosher was a staff member in Cornell Information Technology until early in this year.
"There were a variety of materials, among them computer files," said Grace-Kobas.
Scott C. Hamilton, senior investigator with the Cornell Police, was responsible for conducting the investigation.
"The CIT people were alerted and had to conduct an investigation," Hamilton said. "They found some questionable material."
"There were video files on his computer and disks on his desk and around his work space," said Hamilton.
"We are not charging him with distributing it [child pornography] , but receiving it," said Hamilton.
According to Hamilton, "There was an extensive amount of material. We found several bits of it mixed in when it was reviewed."
Grace-Kobas said, "The matter is in the courts now."
Hamilton said investigators were unaware of any connection between Mosher and similar cases at Harvard, Yale or the University of Minnesota.
According to the Yale Daily News, in an articled published on Feb. 19, 2000, Prof. Antonio Lasaga, geology, Yale University, pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography. Lasaga had used computers in Yale's geology department to download thousands of images of child pornography. Furthermore, Lasaga faces charges related to first-degree sexual assault involving a minor.
"This is an aberration," said Wendi Kane '05. "Am I surprised? Not particularly."
"He shouldn't be allowed to do that," said Daniela Avraham '05.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: academialist; childporn; cityofevil; ithacais; thecityofevil
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Linda Grace-Kobas, director of Cornell News Service, said, "It is alleged that he was in possession of child pornography. He hasn't been charged with selling."Well, that makes it okay, I guess.
I am sure that this Mosher scumbag was simply one of the many enlightened academic types who thinks that what one does in the privacy of his or her own bedroom (or computer kiosk) is nobody' business.
I am also sure that he will get off with a slap on the wrist, since it's not like he was doing something really dangerous to an Ithacite--like surfing Free Republic ;-)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; LibKill; gaspar; bentfeather; NativeNewYorker; drjimmy; Atticus; ...
City of Evil bump
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Linda Grace-Kobas, director of Cornell News Service, said, "It is alleged that he was in possession of child pornography. He hasn't been charged with selling." Well, that makes it okay, I guess.
I do not know the laws regarding this, but I suspect that possession alone carrys a lighter sentence than if he had been distributing (selling) it as well.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Alleged perp's home page.
To: William Creel
The City of Ithaca is not in Amo's district, but other parts of Tompkins County, in which Ithaca is located, are. The City of Ithaca is in the district of super-liberal, Castro-admiring, Progressive Caucus (adjunct of Democratic Socialists of America) member Maurice Hinchey.
Pursuant to the congressional redistricting recently completed, in the Congress that will be seated in January 2003, Amo will no longer represent any part of Tompkins County. Hinchey will continue to represent the City of Ithaca and a couple towns. The rest of the county will be represented by liberal Republican Sherry Boehlert.
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To: NativeNewYorker
How ironic.
The shot on his home page looks like a mug shot.
To: bentfeather
"He shouldn't be allowed to do that," said Daniela Avraham '05.You don't say...;-)
More insightful analysis from the Ivy League.
To: William Creel
We need to replace Sherry with Walrath, IMHO. ditto.
To: NativeNewYorker
From his web site:
Professional Interests
* Macintosh software maintenance in a public-use environment.
* Intel software maintenance in a public-use environment.
* Data collection and analysis.
Data collection? Analysis?
Aberration, my A$$. He's probably president of the club at Cornell. What a puke!
To: Conservateacher; NativeNewYorker
I remember in the early 80s, a student at Cornell lost a scholarship when it turned out he was a vocal member of the "National Man Boy Love Association."
At the time, the "usual suspects" came out and condemned the University for denying the student his right to free speech, free association, etc.
To: William Creel
As I'm sure you know, Walrath had a good chance to knock off Boehlert in the GOP primary.
But having narrowly lost the primary, it seems very unlikely that Walrath will be able to win the general election, given that he will only be on the Conservative Party line, and Democrats are likely to overwhelmingly support fellow liberal Boehlert.
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
From the perp's home page: Maintain Local Hard Disk images and Hardware in Noyes CC, Clara Dickson by the use of RevRdist by Perdue University.
I guess he learned to choke his chicken at Perdue University.
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10/22/2002 7:12:39 AM PDT
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drjimmy
To: Behind Liberal Lines
"We are not charging him with distributing it [child pornography] , but receiving it," said Hamilton.
What??? Doesn't one go with the other, like chicken and biscuits?
"He shouldn't be allowed to do that," said Daniela Avraham '05.
Take me to your leader, not a clue.
To: bentfeather
What??? Doesn't one go with the other, like chicken and biscuits?This is Ithaca. He probably doesn't eat chicken because "meat is murder" and the biscuits are probably made with hand ground organic wheat flour.
To: bentfeather
Take me to your leader, not a clue.Again, this is Ithaca. The girl probably thought she was making a bold statement by not defending a sex pervert.
Which, if you think about it, in Ithaca IS a bold statement.
Who wants to bet that he now gets a job teaching the computer lab at the Ithaca City School district?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Who wants to bet that he now gets a job teaching the computer lab at the Ithaca City School district?
Applying now as we speak!
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