TH man faces child porn charges after police find videos at home

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By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

A local man was arrested this week on child pornography charges following a multi-agency investigation.

Sparks/ Vigo County Jail

Jacob Sparks, 21, of Terre Haute. was booked into the Vigo County Jail Tuesday afternoon and charged with four counts of child exploitation -level 4 felony and 10 counts of possession of child pornography - a level 5 felony. 

According to Public Information Officer Ryan Adamson, of the Terre Haute Police Department, investigators were tipped off  that a suspect at the northside address was downloading child pornography.

"Several of the videos found in the home involved children under the age of 12," Adamson said today.

Indiana’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which included detectives from Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana State Police and Terre Haute Police Department, served a search warrant at  the suspect's residence on N. Eighth St. on Tuesday.

Sparks remains held in the jail on $50,000 bond, no 10 percent allowed.

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