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County worker resigned after inquiry began last year.

A former Montgomery County JFS employee faces six counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor,

— A former Montgomery DAYTON County Job and Family Services employee faces six counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.

Joseph A. Doering, 38, of Springfield, was placed on administrative leave in November and then resigned in December after the Ohio State Highway Patrol opened an investigation Oct. 23, 2014, records show. The OSHP initiated the inquiry after the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported “indications of computer misuse involving child pornography by an employee” on Oct. 22, 2014, at the Reibold Building at 117 S. Main St. in Dayton, officials said.

“We’re a state-networked computer system, and there are filters in place to screen out any inappropriate material,” said Kevin Lavoie, public information officer for the Montgomery County JFS. “He was with our child support enforcement agency, so in that role, he would not have any unsupervised access to children.”

The OSHP investigates allegations of criminal activity by state workers and the 900employee Montgomery County JFS fits that description. The OSHP investigation was cleared March 20, but is still considered an open case.

A Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman said the case was reviewed and charges were approved March 23. The case will go to a grand jury after forensic work is done with some of the material.

Doering’s job was listed as a social program analyst. Doering was hired May 8, 2002, made $22.48 per hour and was paid $45,349 by the county in 2014, according to payroll data.

Doering’s personnel file shows a letter dated Nov. 25, 2014, that informs him of a notice of investigation. The letter states, in part, “Please be advised that an investigation has commenced regarding violation of the following policies: MCD JFS Organizational Policy, Electronic Equipment Usage.”