WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - A St. Lawrence University professor faces child pornography charges.

State police arrested 59-year-old Alexander Schreiber of Potsdam on Thursday for possession and promotion of child sexual abuse material.

He was charged with:

promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child

possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child

possessing a sexual performance by a child

Schreiber was arraigned in the Potsdam Town Court and was ordered held in the St. Lawrence County Jail on $10,000 bail.

The case is being investigated by state police, Homeland Security Investigations and the Potsdam Police Department

According to SLU’s website, Schreiber is a professor of biology.

On a page called “ Q&A: Meet Professor Alex Schreiber ,” he describes his love of teac

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