Arrested Teacher’s Son Targeted in Child Pornography Case
A Canutillo ISD teacher charged with drug possession may have been arrested only because the FBI was investigating his son.
Federal documents obtained by ABC-7 show that agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation went to the home of Joachim Hees to execute a search warrant issued for his son, Jonathan Hees, 20.
Joachim Hees, a coach and teacher at Canutillo Middle School, was arrested Tuesday on campus.
ABC-7 obtained the federal indictment for Jonathan Hees, which states the FBI was investigating him from around August 14, 2008 to about December 16, 2008, for knowingly possessing child pornography.
The arrest affidavit for Joachim Hees states FBI agents went to the Hees home on December 17, 2008 to search for evidence related to child pornography. It was then when agents say they came across three baggies containing marijuana in Hees’ bedroom.
The federal indictment states FBI agents seized a computer and a disk drive belonging to Jonathan Hees during the 2008 search. He was arrested July 29, 2010.
His father, Joachim Hees, has been charged with possession of marijuana.
The Canutillo M.S. teacher is on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Court records show his son pleaded not guilty to the child pornography charge on August 13, 2010.
