Dayton man indicted accused of coercing boy to send nude images

Michael Gene Kent

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Michael Gene Kent

A Dayton man indicted Friday is accused of coercing a 12-year-old Virginia boy to send him nude images.

Michael G. Kent, 48, is scheduled to be arraigned March 24 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for 10 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and one count each of possession of marijuana and illegal cultivation of marijuana, all felony charges.

The investigation against Kent began after a Dayton Police Department detective received information from an out of state sheriff’s office that Kent reportedly coerced a boy to send him nude photos, according to a Dayton Municipal Court affidavit.

Investigators who had a search warrant seized multiple hard drives and electronics at Kent’s home earlier this year.

Photos of the boy were found on the devices, as well as videos of boys engaged in sex acts, according to the court affidavit.

Kent is no longer in custody.

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