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Man arrested for distributing child porn
Posted: 02.17.2011 at 10:45 PM
Newsdesk KRCG
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COLUMBIA, MO -- A Columbia man is behind bars on suspicious of possessing and distributing child pornography.

On January 31, a Boone County Sheriff's Department Cyber Crimes Task Force detective found a computer offering to share child pornography through file-sharing programs.

The detective downloaded 4 video files. They showed pre-pubescent children being sexually molested.

Thursday morning, investigators served a court-ordered search warrant at Joel Florence's residence on West Bethan in Columbia.

While searching Florence's house, investigators found a computer containing several videos similar to the ones the detective downloaded.

Officers arrested Florence. Prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges.

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