Jan 3, 2008

Roger E. Wall, former Douglas County judge, was reindicted last year by a federal grand jury for being in possession of child pornography, and according to the United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri, Wall's trial is slated for Monday, Jan. 7, at the federal courthouse in Springfield. In September 2007, Wall, 59, of Ava, was recharged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City - the reindictment replaced federal charges dismissed Sept. 5, 2007. The indictment alleges Wall was in possession of videotapes con¬taining child pornography in November 2004. It also alleges Wall was in possession of three or more videotapes containing child pornography beginning in 1996 until as late as January 1998, exact dates being unknown. The third count of the federal indictment is a forfeiture count, which would require Wall to forfeit to the government any videotapes or other matter containing child pornography as alleged in the indictment. Wall, associate circuit judge for Missouri’s 44th Judicial Circuit, resigned from the bench Feb. 2005. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard E. Monroe. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, cautions that the charges contained in the indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.