(AP) — U.S. prosecutors want a former Junior ROTC instructor at a Kauai high school to remain locked up pending trial because he allegedly sexually abused a student and filmed the abuse. Victor Aguilar appeared for a court appearance by phone from the Honolulu Federal Detention Center on Monday. His federal public defender says the 65-year-old understands the charges against him. He’s charged with two counts of producing child pornography. Prosecutors allege Aguilar sexually exploited the girl in his home, in his vehicle and at Waimea High School on Kauai, where he was her Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor. Aguilar did not enter a plea because that will come later in the judicial process.

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