By Erica Thomas, managing editor
TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville Police Department announced additional charges against an Indiana man, who was arrested for child pornography on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019.
Ian Kennedy, 31, of New Palestine, Indiana, is now facing 25 charges.
Trussville Police Detective Ben Short said his department, as a member of the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, executed a search warrant, after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Ian Kennedy. Photo: Trussville Police.
Detectives located multiple electronic devices containing pornographic images of children, in a home in the 3500 block of Queenstown Road during the search, according to Short.
Short said electronic evidence showed material was transmitted to a 13-year-old in California.
After consulting with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Trussville Police were able to obtain warrants charging Kennedy with multiple counts of production of pornography with minors, dissemination/display of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The new charges are three counts of transmitting obscene material to a child. He is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on bonds totaling $1,795,000.
