State prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they have charged a Locustdale man with distributing child pornography from his home computer.
Kenneth L. Wehry, 64, faces 40 counts of sexual abuse of children-child pornography, five of disseminating photo or film of child sex acts and one of criminal use of a communication facility, according to the state attorney general’s office.
Wehry sits in prison in lieu of $250,000 straight cash bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. July 25 before Magisterial District Judge Craig W. Long, Catawissa.
Prosecutors allege they were conducting an online internet investigation on child pornography when they identified a computer that was sharing it. They said they searched Wehry’s residence and discovered he possessed that computer.
“Thanks to the hard work of the agents and prosecutors in our child predator section, one more predator is off our streets,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. “We are working relentlessly to get every predator out of our communities and keep Pennsylvania’s children safe.”
The office’s child predator section will prosecute the case.
The Monroe County district attorney’s office started the investigation in April, and later referred the case to the attorney general’s office.
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