Former Children's Worker Faces Child Porn Charges

The former director of a nonprofit group that runs a children's camp in Lewes is facing federal child pornography charges.

Seventy-three-year-old Harold Love Springer III of Wilmington was indicted Tuesday on charges of transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography.

Springer is a former executive director of the Children's Beach House, which serves children with special needs.

Springer was identified during an investigation into a computer network devoted to trading images of child pornography, investigators said.

An undercover agent allegedly observed some 2,000 files depicting child pornography that Springer had made available to network members, officials said.

Investigators conducted a search of Springer's home last month and seized computer equipment.

If convicted, Springer faces between five and 20 years in prison. He has been detained pending an Aug. 8 court hearing.

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