Connellsville man charged with disseminating child porn
A 19-year-old Connellsville man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly was caught with several hundred images of child pornography on his computer. State police said Justin Joseph Porterfield of 123 W. Apple St., Apt. 4, was charged Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Ronald Haggerty Jr. with dissemination of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
The state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Computer Crime Unit and members of the Connellsville Police Department filed the charges following an investigation earlier this year.
Read Josh Krysak’s story in Sunday’s newspaper for more details.