Guilty! Name: Robert Burke, Dubuque, Iowa Age: 43 (born 19 May 1968) School: Sageville Elementary School, Dubuque, Iowa (formerly principal at Blessed Sacrament School, Waterloo, Iowa) Position: Principal Press release (courtesy Eastern Iowa News Now): The Gazette (3 June 2011): Federal agents charge Dubuque County elementary principal with child porn Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (3 June 2011): Complaint: Iowa principal hid camera in restroom Eastern Iowa News Now (3 June 2011): Dubuque elementary principal arrested for child pornography; recording boy’s bathroom Telegraph Herald (3 June 2011): Online Exclusive (Video) MSNBC (3 June 2011): Principal admits hiding camera in restroom, complaint says KOLO TV (3 June 2011): Complaint: Iowa Principal Hid Camera in Restroom KWWL (3 June 2011): UPDATE: Dubuque Elementary principal facing child porn charge fired KCCI 8 (3 June 2011): Investigators: Principal Hid Camera In School Bathroom KCRG (3 June 2011): Dubuque Elementary School Principal Charged with Receiving Child Porn Telegraph Herald (3 June 2011): FBI RAID: Dubuque principal in federal custody on child pornography charge Globe Gazette (4 June 2011): School board votes to fire accused principal Telegraph Herald (4 June 2011): School board votes to terminate contract of Sageville principal Eastern Iowa News Now (4 June 2011): Dubuque elementary schoool principal charged with receiving child porn Quad City Times (4 June 2011): Dubuque school board fires principal facing child porn charge The Gazette (5 June 2011): Dubuque school board votes to fire accused principal Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (7 June 2011): Principal charged in hidden camera case to be held Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (7 June 2011): Fired Dubuque principal formerly worked at Waterloo Catholic elementary Globe Gazette (7 June 2011): Iowa City principal charged in hidden camera case to be held WQAD (7 June 2011): Elementary school principal faces child pornography charges Eastern Iowa News Now (7 June 2011): Former Dubuque principal charged with downloading child porn will remain in jail Globe Gazette (9 June 2011): Arraignment set for Iowa City principal charged in porn case WHO TV (9 June 2011): COURT DATE: Arraignment date is set for principal charged in child pornography case Globe Gazette (10 June 2011): Judge to hear argument about Dubuque principal's detention Eastern Iowa News Now (10 June 2011): Former Dubuque principal pleads not guilty, trial set for August KCRG (13 June 2011): School Board Officially Fires Bob Burke Globe Gazette (14 June 2011): Dubuque school board terminates school principal Robert Burke criminal Complaint (courtesy The Gazette):
The Gazette (3 July 2011): Ex-principal in child porn case to undergo exam Press release from FBI (Omaha Division): Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (12 July 2011): Ex-principal charged with producing child porn Iowa Independent (12 July 2011): Recently fired elementary principal faces child porn production charges Des Moines Register (12 July 2011): Authorities say ex-principal produced child porn KCRG (12 July 2011): Former Dubuque Principal Facing Additional Charges, Due in Court Wednesday Eastern Iowa News Now (13 July 2011): Updated: Former Dubuque elementary principal accused of filming boys in bathroom pleads not guilty Eastern Iowa News Now (29 July 2011): Former Dubuque principal intends to plead guilty to child porn charge Globe Gazette (1 Aug 2011): Ex-Sageville principal faces prison time in porn case Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (1 Aug 2011): Ex-Dubuque principal accused of taping boys delays plea Press release from U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (2 Aug 2011): UPDATE: Ex-Dubuque principal pleads guilty to taping students Eastern Iowa News Now (2 Aug 2011): Former Dubuque elementary school principal pleads guilty to producing child porn in federal court Radio Iowa (2 Aug 2011): Former principal requests more time to consider plea deal in porn case
KGAN (18 Nov 2011): Federal prosecutors want a 30-year prison sentence... KCRG (18 Nov 2011): Feds Want 30-year Term for Principal in Porn Case Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (19 Oct 2011): Ex-Dubuque principal faces Nov. sentencing for child porn KCRG (20 Nov 2011): Sentencing Monday For Former Sageville Principal Globe Gazette (21 Nov 2011): Sageville principal gets 30 years for taping students Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier (21 Nov 2011): UPDATE: Ex-Dubuque principal gets 30 years for taping students Globe Gazette (21 Nov 2011): Former principal sentenced for taping students KCRG (21 Nov 2011): Former Dubuque Principal To Serve 30 Years For Child Porn Quad City Times (21 Nov 2011): Iowa principal gets 30 years for taping students Eastern Iowa News Now (21 Nov 2011): Former Dubuque principal to serve 30 years for child porn Huffington Post (21 Nov 2011): Robert Burke, Former Iowa Elementary School Principal, Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Secretly Videotaping Male Students Using Bathroom UK Daily Mail (22 Nov 2011): School principal jailed for 30 years for secretly filming boys under age of 11 using the toilet Christian Science Monitor (22 Nov 2011): Child pornography: Former elementary-school prinicipal gets 30 years CBS News (22 Nov 2011): Former principal gets 30 years for videotaping boys in Iowa school bathroom Radio Iowa (22 Nov 2011): Former principal sentenced to 30 years on child porn charges ABC News (22 Nov 2011): Iowa Principal Gets 30 Years for Taping Students
My Fox DC (22 Nov 2011): Iowa School Principal Sentenced To 30 Years for Filming Young Boys in Bathroom Associated Press (22 Nov 2011): Iowa principal gets 30 years for taping students
Robert Burke comes in #2 for top stories of 2011 ... Telegraph Herald (1 Jan 2012): Chronology: Top local stories