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Blue Valley Southwest athletic trainer charged with sexual exploitation of child

Christopher Poskey
Posted at 12:27 PM, Apr 01, 2023
and last updated 2023-04-01 13:27:05-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Blue Valley Southwest High School athletic trainer Christopher Poskey has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child.

Poskey faces two counts of unlawfully persuading, inducing, enticing or coercing a child under 18 years old.

He was arrested Friday and remained in the Johnson County Adult Detention Center Saturday morning on a $250,000 bond.

FBI special agents, members of the Blue Valley School District and the SRO at Blue Valley Southwest were among those listed as witnesses in the criminal complaint.

The University of Kansas Health System tells KSHB 41 News Poskey had been employed with the hospital for nine years. The health system is cooperating with authorities.

Poskey is scheduled for a video arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

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