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| Seth Jovaag Group reporter A Verona man accused of child trafficking in July for allegedly trying to buy sex with an 8-year-old has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. Paul M. Ketring, 39, was charged Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Madison with knowingly receiving visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and two counts of possessing a computer hard drive containing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to a news release from the federal Department of Justice. The indictment alleges Ketring downloaded child pornography videos on computer hard drives seized by authorities July 26. It also seeks the forfeiture of computer equipment used to commit the alleged offenses, the release said. If convicted, Ketring faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in federal prison and a maximum penalty of 20 years on each receiving count and 10 years on each possession count. Ketring was charged with child trafficking, a felony, in July after a Madison woman told police that he offered her $50 to bring him an 8-year-old girl on July 20, apparently so he could have sex with her. Police on July 26 searched Ketring's apartment on Kimball Lane. Among items catalogued were handguns, a stun gun, ammunition, marijuana, a photo album showing girls in "provocative positions, and a refrigerator magnet that read "unregistered sex offender." Police also found four computer hard drives with more than 270,000 still images and 3,000 videos, "many of which ... depict apparent child pornography or erotica," according to a criminal complaint. The child trafficking charge against Ketring will be adjudicated in Dane County Circuit Court. He remains in Dane County Jail on $30,000 bail. |
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Porn charges for alleged child trafficker
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