Jan 12, 2008 12:02 pm US/Central
Moorhead Man Faces 365 Child Porn Counts
MOOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) ―
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The inch-thick criminal complaint against Kerry Ronning, 41, says police who searched his home in October 2006 found tens of thousands of computer images of what appears to be child porn.
CBS
A man here faces 365 counts of child pornography in what city and Clay County authorities say is the largest such case they have ever investigated.
The inch-thick criminal complaint against Kerry Ronning, 41, says police who searched his home in October 2006 found tens of thousands of computer images of what appears to be child porn.
Deputy Moorhead Police Chief Bob Larson said Ronning had worked at the North Dakota Air National Guard in Fargo. Ronning, a technical sergeant, voluntarily resigned his full-time job as a dispatcher in December 2006, a Guard spokeswoman said.
Ronning is charged with four counts of distributing child pornography and 361 counts of possessing child porn, and could face up to 180 years in prison if convicted on all counts, Clay County Attorney Brian Melton said.
Ronning's bond is set at $250,000. He is due in court on Monday.
Ronning told police he began collecting child pornography in 1998, and traded with others images of children as young as 5 years old, according to the complaint.
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