DOVER, Del. - An administrator at a Delaware prep school whose graduates include U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and television personality Dr.
Oz has been charged with dealing child pornography.William R. Ushler, 53, was arrested Tuesday, the same day authorities executed search warrants at his Wilmington home and at Tower Hill School.Ushler, director of upper school admissions at Tower Hill, is charged with five counts of dealing in child pornography, according to the Delaware Department of Justice.
He is currently in custody, with cash bail set at $250,000. It was not immediately clear whether he has a lawyer.Tower Hill officials said in an email Wednesday to the school community that Ushler has been fired and barred from campus."We were advised that law enforcement authorities know the source of the images in question, and these images do not depict Tower Hill students or children who were in contact with Mr.
Ushler," the email stated.According to a search warrant affidavit, the Delaware Child Predator Task Force received a cyber tipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on April 14.