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New Lebanon man convicted of 56 child porn charges
DAYTON — A New Lebanon man, charged with 56 felony counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, pleaded no contest to all of them Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Edward Eckley, 46, appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Gregory F. Singer, who found him guilty. Singer ordered a pre-sentencing investigation and set a sentencing for Sept. 8.
One of the counts is a second-degree felony, punishable by up to eight years in prison. The rest are fourth-degree felonies, punishable by up to 18 months in prison.
A grand jury indicted Eckley on Feb. 12, 10 months after police started investigating him. Three days later, Florence, Ky., police arrested him after spotting his car in a motel parking lot there.
The investigation started after a sheriff’s office in Michigan called police April 16, 2008, reporting that investigators there had tracked a computer involved in the transmission of child pornography to an address in New Lebanon, New Lebanon Police Chief Ricky Daulton said in February.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for Eckley’s home the next day and confiscated three computers. A forensic examination at the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory revealed the presence of sexually oriented material involving minors.
After the indictment was returned, police went to Eckley’s home, but he was not there. An alert was distributed to law enforcement agencies and Florence police spotted Eckley’s car during routine license plate checks.
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By Keith
August 4, 2009 12:59 PM | Link to this
The scum bag should have his testicals removed via a rusty knife with no pain medication and put behind bars for the next 50 years!By NL Guy
August 4, 2009 1:23 PM | Link to this
Interesting that people in this day and age still think the internet is anonymous. Duh.By SCinvestigator CCSO
August 4, 2009 1:56 PM | Link to this
People need to understand that every time others are seeking for and viewing this material, it creates a need. (supply and demand) this means that there will continue to be those who molest children in order to create child porn. This is absolutely a crime with real victims. Not only those vics who are viewed over and over in their vulnerable state, but also those who will be abused in the future to continue creating it as well. We have to hold those viewing it just as accountable as those who create it by abusing a child. Concider this; those who show interest in child porn by viewing it usually dont stop at just looking at it, eventually will or have acted on their deviant sexual desires. The judges must get this message. Protect our childrenBy Past NL Resident
August 4, 2009 3:59 PM | Link to this
For someone who grew up in the “neighborhood” I can’t believe what scum you can find lurking. The hidden truth behind people you would never expect is whats so horrific. My skin crawls just knowing that our judicial system will not give an obscene punishment that is necessary in this situation. Just sickens me.By Present NL Resident
August 4, 2009 4:06 PM | Link to this
I agree with “Past NL Resident” it sickens me to think that these “a waste of a life” people are walking around my neighborhood! i think that this scum bag should be put in jail for his life (as he probably will be) and not allowed parole EVER!! also he should be given treatment to kill his sexual urges so that he will never be allowed this pleasure again.