Man Charged in Child Porn Case Waives Preliminary Hearing
The Associated Press
FARMINGTON — A former San Juan College instructor arrested on child pornography charges waived his preliminary hearing and his case was sent to district court.
Joseph Krim, 41, has been accused of sexually exploiting children by manufacturing, possessing and distributing child pornography. Police have said Krim worked in three Albuquerque day care centers before moving to Farmington in 2001.
Krim allegedly used the Internet to join groups of people trading child pornography online. He reportedly told police he had about 600 images of children.
Most recently, Krim had been teaching automotive technology at San Juan College since August 2001.
Farmington police conducted a two-month investigation after being notified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a resident had been uploading child pornography onto two Internet Web sites.
Police reported finding snapshots and Polaroids of clothed children, which Krim told investigators he took at the Kids Country Club in Albuquerque and possibly the other two day cares at which he worked in Albuquerque.
At Wednesday's court hearing before Magistrate William Vincent, Krim's attorney, Joe Romero, said his client has never been in trouble with the law prior to his March 30 arrest.
Krim is charged with one count of manufacturing child pornography, a second-degree felony; five counts of sexual exploitation of children through distribution of child pornography, a third-degree felony; and one count of sexual exploitation of children through possession of child pornography, a fourth-degree felony.
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