SPRINGFIELD -- A former teacher and principal in the Springfield School District pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 10 counts of possession of child pornography.  Greene County Circuit Judge Tom Mountjoy immediately sentenced Gary Rademacher to five years of probation, with multiple conditions.

  The conditions include Rademacher must be in a treatment program, have no contact with anyone under 17 years old unless approved by a judge, and cannot own a computer or have access to the internet unless approved by a judge.

  If Rademacher breaks any of the conditions, he could go to prison to serve a 12-year sentence.  Police found more than 225,000 pictures and 520 movie files, mostly of young boys on his computer last year.

  Rademacher declined to make a comment after he left the courtroom.
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