Dayton man accused of having child sex abuse material in online files gets 2 years

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A Dayton man indicted after an investigation found several files of child sexual abuse material online was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison.

William “Billy” G. Stroud, 55, was sentenced by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Susan Solle after he pleaded guilty to six counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance in a pair of plea agreements filed July 19.

William "Billy" Stroud

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Stroud also was designated a Tier II sex offender once he is released from prison will need to register his address every six months for 25 years.

As part of the agreements, six charges of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance were dismissed.

Detectives from the Dayton Police Department searched Stroud’s apartment April 28 and interviewed him as part of an investigation, and following the search and interview served a search warrant to Dropbox Inc. for multiple email addresses, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.

The affidavit said, “Within the data provided by Dropbox Inc. were multiple files of child sexual abuse material, depicting juveniles under the age of 18 in a state of nudity.”

Stroud is held in the Montgomery County Jail.

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