Farmington Man Arrested for Child Porn

(Farmington, MO) A man from Farmington, 23 year old William F. Howell, is facing three counts of possession of child pornography. The charges come after an investigation involving members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control's Forensics Investigative Unit and officers with the Farmington Police Department. Reports show investigators executed a search warrant at Howell's residence on Hilltop Street in Farmington March 8th. During the search electronic devices were seized. They were processed at the Missouri Digital Forensics Center and were found to contain child pornography files. Howell is being held in the St. Francois County Jail with a bond of $100,000.

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