Ex-Downers Grove South HS girls track coach gets 19 years in prison for possessing child pornography
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 4:33AM

Ex-HS girls track coach gets 19 years for possessing child pornography

Glen Messmer, an ex-Downers Grove South High School coach who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, was sentenced to 19 years in prison.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) — A former Downers Grove South High School girls track coach who pleaded guilty to having child pornography has been sentenced to 19 years in prison.

Prosecutors say in 2022, 45-year-old Glen Messmer contacted two minors and convinced them to send child sexual abuse material.

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Messmer was an assistant girls track coach at Downers Grove South High School.

He resigned shortly after he was charged.

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