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Richard Owen Ditmars, 47, Minot, is charged in district court in Minot with 10 counts of Class C felony possession of child pornography and one count of Class B felony promotion of a sexual performance by a minor child, according to Minot police.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Ditmars had illegal images and videos on his phone and had allegedly emailed some of the images to a Yahoo account in January.
The arrest came after an investigation by the Minot Police Department and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Both agencies are members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a national network of 61 coordinated task forces representing more than 4,500 federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.
PHOTO: Shawano County Sheriff
CECIL, WI (WTAQ) – One man has been arrested by the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, on probable cause of child pornography possession.
The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested Derek Metzenbauer, who is currently being held at the Shawano County Jail.
Deputies say they also found marijuana and other drug paraphernalia on him during the arrest.
The arrest follows an investigation, which included a search warrant on Metzenbauer’s home and forensic analysis of electronic devices recovered.
The probable cause lists 65 counts of possession of child pornography.
Metzenbauer is currently a registered sex offender with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, related to a North Carolina conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child.
By Robert Kennedy
Mar 17, 2021 12:58 PM
CECIL, WI (WTAQ) – One man has been arrested by the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, on probable cause of child pornography possession.
The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested Derek Metzenbauer, who is currently being held at the Shawano County Jail.
Deputies say they also found marijuana and other drug paraphernalia on him during the arrest.
The arrest follows an investigation, which included a search warrant on Metzenbauer’s home and forensic analysis of electronic devices recovered.
The probable cause lists 65 counts of possession of child pornography.
Metzenbauer is currently a registered sex offender with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, related to a North Carolina conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child.
By Robert Kennedy
Mar 17, 2021 12:58 PM
CECIL, WI (WTAQ) â One man has been arrested by the Shawano County Sheriffâs Office on Tuesday, on probable cause of child pornography possession.
The Shawano County Sheriffâs Office says it arrested Derek Metzenbauer, who is currently being held at the Shawano County Jail.
Deputies say they also found marijuana and other drug paraphernalia on him during the arrest.
The arrest follows an investigation, which included a search warrant on Metzenbauerâs home and forensic analysis of electronic devices recovered.
The probable cause lists 65 counts of possession of child pornography.
Metzenbauer is currently a registered sex offender with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, related to a North Carolina conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child.
By Robert Kennedy
Mar 17, 2021 12:58 PM
CECIL, WI (WTAQ) – One man has been arrested by the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, on probable cause of child pornography possession.
The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested Derek Metzenbauer, who is currently being held at the Shawano County Jail.
Deputies say they also found marijuana and other drug paraphernalia on him during the arrest.
The arrest follows an investigation, which included a search warrant on Metzenbauer’s home and forensic analysis of electronic devices recovered.
The probable cause lists 65 counts of possession of child pornography.
Metzenbauer is currently a registered sex offender with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, related to a North Carolina conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child.