Elderly Morgan County man accused of sharing child porn on Facebook
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 77-year-old man from Morgan County has been charged with three felonies after he allegedly shared child pornography on Facebook.
Alfred Maxon, of Stover, was charged on Friday with child enticement, first-degree promoting child pornography and child porn possession. A warrant was issued on Friday, but Maxon was not listed on the Morgan County Jail’s online roster.
The probable cause statement says authorities were tipped off on May 27 about child pornography being uploaded to Facebook messenger about a month before from an account called “Willie Maxon.” The account was allegedly associated with an IP address of a phone owned by Alfred Maxon. Several more uploads were allegedly found.
Law enforcement conducted a search warrant at Maxon’s residence on June 11 and allowed a deputy to view his phone, which he first claimed was not his but admitted to uploading child porn to Facebook, the statement says. Inappropriate conversations with a child from April and May were also allegedly found on the phone, the statement says.