Hillsboro man arrested on child porn charge
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A Hillsboro man has been arrested on charges related to the possession and dissemination of child pornography.
According to the Highland County Sheriff's Office Dana P. Jeter, 52, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material, a felony of the second degree.
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, detectives and deputies with the HCSO, along with Agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) executed a search warrant at a Hillsboro residence in response to an ongoing investigation into alleged child pornography possession, according to the sheriff's office. Upon execution of the warrant, items of evidence were seized and taken to the crime lab at BCI&I for further analysis.
"At this point in the investigation, we don't have any reason to believe any local victims were involved in this," Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward told The Highland County Press on Wednesday. "We believe he received it, and other jurisdictions are working on where the material came from. We believe the material was then disseminated by him to other computers that would possibly be in other jurisdictions, outside our area or outside the state of Ohio. Once his computer is forensically dissected, we can then tell more of possibly where the material came from and where it was disseminated to."
Jeter was arraigned Wednesday in Hillsboro Municipal Court. He is being held on a $25,000 bond.
The case was initiated by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force out of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, who developed information that Jeter may be in possession of child pornography. The ICAC investigator then contacted detectives with the HCSO and forwarded the case to the sheriff’s office, as it was determined Jeter lives within Highland County.
The case will be forwarded to the Highland County Prosecutor's Office for possibly presentation to an upcoming session of a grand jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court, where additional felony charges are possible.
A Hillsboro man has been arrested on charges related to the possession and dissemination of child pornography.
According to the Highland County Sheriff's Office Dana P. Jeter, 52, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material, a felony of the second degree.
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, detectives and deputies with the HCSO, along with Agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) executed a search warrant at a Hillsboro residence in response to an ongoing investigation into alleged child pornography possession, according to the sheriff's office. Upon execution of the warrant, items of evidence were seized and taken to the crime lab at BCI&I for further analysis.
"At this point in the investigation, we don't have any reason to believe any local victims were involved in this," Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward told The Highland County Press on Wednesday. "We believe he received it, and other jurisdictions are working on where the material came from. We believe the material was then disseminated by him to other computers that would possibly be in other jurisdictions, outside our area or outside the state of Ohio. Once his computer is forensically dissected, we can then tell more of possibly where the material came from and where it was disseminated to."
Jeter was being held on a $25,000 bond.
The case was initiated by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force out of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, who developed information that Jeter may be in possession of child pornography. The ICAC investigator then contacted detectives with the HCSO and forwarded the case to the sheriff’s office, as it was determined Jeter lives within Highland County.
The case will be forwarded to the Highland County Prosecutor's Office for possibly presentation to an upcoming session of a grand jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court, where additional felony charges are possible.