WARD COUNTY, N.D. (KMOT) – The Ward County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a former Garrison Public School Employee for having sexual pictures and videos of minors.

Sheriff’s deputies and Bureau of Criminal Investigation began investigating James Hagen, a former school bus driver and occasional substitute teacher for Garrison Public Schools, after they received multiple cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

According to probable cause records, law enforcement said Hagen shared more than 75 images and videos of girls between the ages of 10 and 16 being sexually abused via the messaging app Kik between June and December of last year. They also found more content on two of his cellphones.

We reached out to Garrison Public Schools administrators for co

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