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An Illinois state trooper who also served as a youth hockey referee was arrested on child pornography charges this week while at work at the agency’s Des Plaines headquarters, authorities said.

Colin Gruenke, 38, of Deerfield, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court yesterday with one count of distribution of child pornography, court records show. Prosecutors are seeking to have Gruenke held without bond pending trial, and a detention hearing is set for Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Young Kim.

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