Thursday, March 22, 2012

Princeton man charged with child porn possession

A Princeton man was arrested Wednesday night on a hundreds of counts of being in possession of items portraying sexual acts by a minor, according to a Kentucky State Police report.

James. C. Owen, 41, was lodged in the Caldwell County Jail following and investigation by KSP Detective Dan Morck involving the online sharing of child pornography. The investigation led to a search warrant at Owens' residence on East Market Street in Princeton.

During the execution of the search warrant, several items of child pornography were located. Owen was arrested for 643 counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor.

This case is still under investigation by Detective Morck.