A Waukegan man arrested for alleged child pornography-related charges had been fired from a custodial job at Deerfield High School last year, District Township High School District 113 leadership said in a recent letter to the community.

The clarification may have been spurred on by news articles that seemed to indicate Ricardo Russell, had been working as a janitor at the Lake County high school until recently.

In a letter sent out to district families Monday evening, D113 Superintendent Chala Holland said the district had been made aware that Ricardo Russell, a “former third-shift custodian,” at Deerfield High School, had been arrested for allegedly disseminating child pornography, among other charges.

Holland said the district had not been contacted by law enforcement regarding Russe

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