A FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY TEACHER HAS ADMITTED TO PORNOGRAPHY-RELATED CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 38 YEAR OLD MICHAEL EUGENE NOEL, FORMERLY OF KINGSPORT, ADMITTED TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND IMPEDING THE DUE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. NOEL, WHO WAS EMPLOYED AS A MATH TEACHER AND BASKETBALL COACH, HAD MORE THAN 9-THOUSAND IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS COMPUTERS AND UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE OF HIS CRIME AFTER HE WAS CHARGED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY WITH INNAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH CHILDREN. NOEL VOLUNTEERED AT THE KINGSPORT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 26 YEARS IN PRISON, FOLLOWED BY SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.