Sex offender gets gun charge during child porn investigation
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A registered sex offender in Morgan County was charged with illegal gun possession while authorities were investigating a child pornography case.
William Ernest Conn, 85, of Rocky Mount, was released from the Morgan County Jail at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. A court date has not been set.
The probable cause statement says local law enforcement was assigned a cyber tip on March 26 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for an image of child porn that was uploaded to Bing on Dec. 24.
The IP address linked to the user was leased by Conn at his Morgan County residence, the statement says.
While law enforcement searched Conn’s residence on Thursday, they found a rifle. Conn is a convicted felon and is not allowed to have a gun. Law enforcement seized several electronic devices from Conn’s residence while executing the search warrant.