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	Ex-Minister Pleads Not Guilty to Child Porn Charge Peoria Journal-Star October 30, 2007 http://www.pjstar.com/stories/103007/POL_BEPKAASI.049.php PEORIA - A former minister and substitute teacher pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday to producing child porn. James Curtis Love, 37, was indicted earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Peoria on two counts of production of child pornography. If convicted, Love faces 15 to 30 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and lifetime supervised release. Love was arrested in May and charged in McLean County with four counts of aggravated battery and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He is accused of sedating teen boys and taking lewd photographs of them while they slept. He was ordered held at the McLean County Jail pending his Dec. 17 trial date before U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm. A Dec. 10 trial has been set in the state case. Authorities say that when Love was arrested, officials seized several computers from his home and at least one image of child pornography. Before his arrest, Love was a minister at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bloomington. He also worked at State Farm and as a substitute teacher in Bloomington and Normal.
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