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Child Porn Suspect Takes bin Laden's Spot on FBI List

Eric Justin Toth has been on the run since 2008

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 10, 2012 1:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – The FBI has finally replaced Osama bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, but the new addition doesn't quite have the stature of the mass-murdering terrorist mastermind. The new face of alleged evil: Eric Justin Toth, an ex-third grade teacher who's been on the lam since 2008, when pornographic images were found on his school camera, ABC News reports.

Toth was last seen in Arizona in 2009, and is believed to have passed through Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Officials suspect he is working as a tutor, male nanny, or another position that would give him access to children. The Bureau is offering $100,000 for information leading to his capture, which doesn't quite measure up to the $25 million that bagging bin Laden would have earned you. It's worth noting that the FBI doesn't rank the fugitives on its list, insisting that they are all equally important. Neat stat: Of the 495 fugitives to have graced the list since 1950, 94% have been apprehended.

This FBI handout shows the wanted poster for Eric Toth, a man accused of producing child pornography while teaching at a private elementary school in the Washington.
This FBI handout shows the wanted poster for Eric Toth, a man accused of producing child pornography while teaching at a private elementary school in the Washington.   (AP Photo/FBI)
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COMMENTS
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slammer
Apr 11, 2012 10:31 PM CDT
DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE GOT OSAMA? WOW I DID NOT KNOW THAT. THANK YOU FBI! FOREVER BEHIND INACTION! FBI!
B-Diddy
Apr 10, 2012 7:17 PM CDT
WTF ?????? A child porn collector?  Really ??? Not a Mass murdered or Serial Killer? $100,000 ?? That's it???? The FBI is spending Ten of Millions of $$$$$ If not Billions This is the best we can come up with?? Not even a terrorist? Ah... The Lame-Stream Media..... Actually the Government agencies can't even come up with anything better for us to focus on.. Nothing better to make the head lines??? You figure there would be at least the head of a drug cartel. But then again you never hear what exactly happens to all of that "Seized" drug money. (Wouldn't really want to have any attention paid to this? Would they?) Out of sight out of mind. And America has such a short attention span. It just sort of disappears. Kinda like your hard earned money. to Uncle Sam. I dunno, Just rambling..... What was I talking about???
Observer
Apr 10, 2012 2:47 PM CDT
Let's hope they find him quicker than the 10 years it took to find Bin Laden.
 

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