Jefferson City man accused of having child porn
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Jefferson City man on Thursday was charged in Cole County with having child pornography.
Austin Russell, 27, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Task Force received a tip on Jan. 3 from an online-based reporting system about multiple child porn files being uploaded. The platform was not identified in court documents.
The statement says that law enforcement received information from an internet provide rabout an IP address registered at Russell’s address.
Russell was interviewed on Wednesday at the Jefferson City Police Department and stated the email address associated with the account was his, the statement says. He also allegedly identified images associated with the account, the statement says. He allegedly sent images to other users he communicated with, court documents claim.