CLEVELAND — The former head boys basketball coach at Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville has been arrested on federal child pornography charges , the Department of Justice and school officials both confirmed to 3News on Tuesday.

Michael Neville, 46, faces accusations of receiving and distributing visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography. The FBI filed a criminal complaint against Neville on Monday, and he was taken into custody later that same day.

WARNING: This story contains graphic details of alleged sexual abuse against children. Reader discretion is advised.

According to the DOJ, Neville believed he was speaking to the father of a 9-year-old deaf girl last month on a social media app, believing he was setting up

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