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=LeRoy man charged with possessing child porn= Posted at: 01/13/2011 12:02 PM | Updated at: 01/13/2011 2:52 PM A 21-year-old LeRoy man has been charged with possessing child porn.

LeRoy Police began an investigation in March 2010 when New York State Police Computer Crime Unit notified them that a person living on Elm Street possessed and was sharing sexual videos of underage children on the internet.

A search warrant executed at the home by police led to charges against Stephen Smith. He was charged with possessing a sexual performance by a child under the age of 16, promoting a sexual performance by a child for allegedly allowing videos of children under the age of 17 to be shared using the internet and use of a child in a sexual performance for allegedly inducing a child under the age of 17 to engage in a sexual performance or video.

Smith was arraigned and released. For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website [|www.whec.com].

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