BENTON – A former substitute teacher in southern Illinois is free on bail after being arrested Thursday on charges of sexual exploitation of a child.

Jonathan Sieveking is charged with two Class 4 felonies in Franklin County Court with sexual exploitation of a child involving the removal of clothes.

Sieveking was taken to the Franklin County Jail where he was released after posting $4,000 bail.

His first appearance on the charges is scheduled for June 16.