Registered sex offender facing federal child pornography charge
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Joseph D. Hornof | Bingham County Jail
BLACKFOOT A registered sex offender whom investigators say possessed child pornography is now facing federal prison time.
After an Internet Crimes Against Children task force arrested 38-year-old Joseph D. Hornof in May, federal prosecutors presented the case to a federal grand jury. Hornof was then indicted on a single federal distribution of child pornography charge. According to the indictment obtained by EastIdahoNews.com, it is alleged Hornof knowingly distributed at least one image of sexual abuse of a prepubescent child.
Investigators were tipped off in February about Hornof after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children got a tip about child pornography tied to Hornof’s social networking account, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Court documents describe six horrific and graphic images of children being sexually abused.
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