Jordan man charged with possession of child pornography

A 30-year-old Jordan man was charged in Scott County District Court Feb. 2 with one count of possession of child pornography, a felony, after investigators allegedly traced child sexual exploitation material back to the man’s computer.If convicted, John Mark Conable, could face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Investigations into the matter began in 2019, but Conable was charged this week.According to a criminal complaint:On Sept. 10, 2018, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received two cybertipline reports that were submitted by Tumblr, a blogging website, regarding the positing of child sexual exploitation material images and video. The Tumblr user was identified by the username, “ALLABOUTUS011.” Tumblr said it had reviewed the material and the posting IP addresses indicated the images were posted between Aug. 6 and Aug. 29 of 2018. Tumblr submitted approximately 100 files to the NCMEC, which were investigated by the FBI.An FBI special agent served subpoenas to Tumblr, Google, T-Mobile and Frontier Communications for the relevant IP address and account subscriber information, the complaint said. The results of the subpoenas traced the activity to Conable and his residence in Jordan.On March 29, 2019, a federal search warrant authorizing the search…
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