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Man in court for alleged child porn

By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Local News Editor
Published: January 19, 2017, 9:14pm

A Vancouver man appeared Thursday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of possessing dozens of images of child pornography, court records show.

Benjamin F. Lewis, 35, faces three counts of possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

On Aug. 29, 2016, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received information from Google that suspected child pornography was found on its system. The upload came from email accounts and a phone number that was later traced back to Lewis, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Lewis was detained by detectives with the Digital Evidence Cybercrimes Unit following a months-long investigation. He allegedly admitted to uploading images of child pornography and sending them from his cellphone to his desktop computer, the affidavit states.

He also allegedly told detectives that he has a problem and likes looking at pornography of “preteen” girls, court records said. Officers recovered about 50 images of suspected child pornography from Lewis’ computer. Most of the images depicted girls who appeared to be younger than 10, according to court documents.

On Thursday, Lewis’ bail was set at $15,000. He will retain his own attorney. His arraignment is set for Jan. 26.

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