Child pornography case to appear in court

A former UK employee that pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges in December will appear in Fayette County Circuit Court Friday for his preliminary hearing.

After receiving an anonymous tip of inappropriate material on a computer, UK Police received a search warrant for the UK computer and found hundreds of child pornography images.

The university initially suspended Robert N. McAllister, a systems integration analyst for Information Technology, after UK Police arrested and charged him, and UK has since fired him, said UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton in an e-mail to the Kernel Thursday.

UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said UK Police are working on the investigation with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and could not comment further because of the pending investigation.

McAllister will appear in court at 8:30 a.m.