A former counselor at a Riverside County school pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for being in possession of child pornography and producing it via secret recordings in court on Wednesday.

A Denham Springs man pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. According to United States Attorney Ronald Gathe Jr., Barry Paul Vining, 56, admitted to uploading images of child porn to a file-sharing service on the internet on Nov.

A former Riverside County school counselor has pleaded guilty to creating child porn by hiding a camera near toilets and showers at a school and a bible camp. Matthew Daniel Johnson, a 34-year-old from Bryan,

Matthew Johnson pleaded guilty to recording boys in the bathroom of the school using a pen-shaped camera, officials said.

The former counselor at La Sierra Academy admitted to placing a hidden recording device inside bathrooms to film boys using toilets and showers.

A former counselor at a Christian academy in Riverside pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges for having possessed child pornography and producing it by secretly recording students.

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced on Wednesday, Oct. 23 that Barry Paul Vining, 56, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson.