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A teacher and coach at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans is accused of possessing child pornography.
The state Attorney General's Office confirmed the arrest of Benoit Cransac on Thursday.
Acting on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the state Bureau of Investigations Cyber Crimes Unit investigated Cransac.
The probe also involved Homeland Security, the NOPD, Kenner police, and St. Charles Parish deputies.
Cransac faces 22 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material.
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