Crime & Safety
No Lower Bail for Substitute Teacher Charged With Child Porn
Allegheny County judge refused to lower Matthew Sokol's bail. Sokol was arrested in September for sexual photos of children on his phone.
An Allegheny County judge refused to lower bail for the Baldwin-Whitehall substitute teacher arrested for child porn, according to Pix 11 news.
Matthew Sokol, who was arrested in September, is being held on a $500,000 bond.
The judge said that even if Sokol can post bond, he is required to get mental health treatment and to stay away from school property.
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His next hearing will be on December 4.
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