David Dunn, 58, who lives in that home, is one of 10 people accused of possessing child pornography or soliciting a minor for sex, according to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office. Dunn was taken into custody Sept. 26 as part of the “Operation Shielded Child” operation when he traveled to Georgetown, Kentucky, police said. Dunn today waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Scott County District Court, so now the case against him will be presented to a grand jury.
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services confirmed the agency is investigating Miss Tonya’s Daycare which operated at Dunn’s Renown Road address.
According to county and state records, a child-care center is not registered at Dunn’s home address. However, a private daycare can legally operate without registering with the state as long as there are fewer than six child clients, according to the ODJFS.
Under the conditions of Dunn’s bond, he is banned from having any contact with children. He also is prohibited from using a personal computer.
After Dunn was released on bond, concerned parents whose children either attend or previously attended Miss Tonya’s Daycare contacted Beavercreek police. There are no reports of incidents involving daycare children.
Beavercreek Police Chief Dennis Evers confirmed the departments has not recently received any additional calls from concerned parents. “We’ll continue to monitor the situation,” he said. “We’ll address concerns as they come up.”
UPDATED @ 12:25 p.m. (Oct. 7): Beavercreek Police have removed electronics from the home of David Dunn, which also serves as a local day care, News Center 7's John Bedell has learned.
Beavercreek Police officials said the department removed electronics “voluntarily surrendered” to the department by Dunn’s wife. The department then sent the electronics to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, which is now conducting forensic examinations of the items as part of their investigation.
At this time, Beavercreek Police continue to await the results of the Kentucky investigation and are not independently investigating Dunn, Chief Dennis Evers said.
“At the current time, we have no specific allegations involving Mr. Dunn,” Evers said, noting he encourages anyone with concerns to contact the department.
Evers encouraged parents to be vigilant when selecting a daycare.
“For a daycare facility, I think a parent needs to make sure they thoroughly vet the daycare facility before they decide to use that facility to care for their children,” he said.
UPDATED @ 6:50 p.m. (Oct. 6): Since David Dunn, accused of soliciting as part of a Kentucky child porn investigation, was released on bond Sept. 29, Beavercreek police estimate 10 to 15 calls have come in from parents whose children either attend or previously attended a daycare operated at Dunn's home address on Renown Road under the name "Miss Tonya's Daycare."
City police have confirmed they have checked to make sure Dunn is in compliance.
“We have assured parents that as of this moment we do not have any specific allegations of any criminal wrongdoing taking place at the house on Renown (Road),” Police Chief Dennis Evers said.
“There are concerns that he may have access to children,” Evers said. “We do have his bond conditions and one of the conditions is he have no contact with children.”
UPDATED @ 6:05 p.m. (Oct. 5): David Dunn, accused of soliciting as part of a Kentucky child porn investigation, is believed to be living in a home in Beavercreek also listed as a daycare.
The Kentucky attorney general’s office, which on Monday announced the apprehension of Dunn and nine others, identified Dunn as a Dayton man.
News Center 7’s John Bedell did some checking and traced Dunn to Greene County. People living near the address told Bedell the allegations against Dunn are disturbing. One, who asked not to be interviewed on camera, said it was “hard to conceive Dave being involved in anything like that” and described Dunn as a good neighbor.
An address listed in Greene County property records identifies the property as a daycare location. County and state records do not show that a day care is registered at the address.
A spokesman with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said a private daycare can operate legally without registering with the state, as long as there are fewer than six child clients. What’s not clear is there are any children enrolled in the daycare at that address.
UPDATE @ 12:18 a.m. (Oct. 4): David Dunn, accused along with 10 others of felony charges in a Kentucky child porn investigation, was locked up in the Scott County Jail on Sept. 26 and released three days later, according to a jailer at the facility in Georgetown, Ky.
FIRST REPORT (Oct. 3)
A 58-year-old Dayton, Ohio, man is in custody as one of 10 people accused on more than 400 felony counts of possessing child pornography or soliciting a minor.
David Dunn and the others, identified as residents from various parts of Kentucky, were picked up during a 10-day operation in nine counties dubbed “Operation Shielded Child,” Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear’s office said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
Dunn is being detained on one count of prohibited use of an electronic communications system to procure a minor for sex, a Class D felony. He traveled to Georgetown, Ky., where he was arrested, according to Beshear’s office.
The attorney general’s Cyber Crimes Unit, over the last several weeks, expanded its online child protection and law enforcement efforts in Allen, Boone, Franklin, Garrard, Hardin, Jessamine, Kenton, Scott and Shelby counties.
The 10-day operation involved cyber-crime investigators from the attorney general’s office investigating individuals who possess and distribute child pornography and those who solicit minors for sex online.
The AG’s team was assisted by the Kentucky State Police, Homeland Security Investigations and the police departments in Georgetown, Frankfort, Lancaster, Nicholasville and Shelbyville. The investigation utilized technical resources of the Child Rescue Coalition.
There is one case from the investigation still pending.
Operation Shielded Child cases will be handled by local county prosecutors.
The 10 people arrested range in age from 63 to 32.
Three of the people taken into custody each are charged with 100 counts of possession of a matter portraying the sexual performance by a minor, a Class D felony, and one count of distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, a Class D felony.
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