A FORMER FREEDOM AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH COULD MAKE A PLEA IN HIS CHILD PORN CASE. 59-YEAR-OLD RUSSELL BARLEY OF CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP IS ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. HE WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING THURSDAY. BARLEY WAS ARRESTED IN OCTOBER AFTER A STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION SHOWED HE HAD CHILD PORN ON HIS HOME COMPUTER. BARLEY ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT HE’D BECOME CURIOUS ABOUT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND DOWNLOADED IT ONTO HIS COMPUTER. AFTER HE WAS CHARGED, BARLEY IMMEDIATELY RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS FREEDOM’S FOOTBALL COACH AND HIS TEACHING JOB AT NESHANNOCK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. A PLEA COURT HEARING IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 13TH.