Camas man in court in child porn case

A Camas man accused of possessing more than 300 files containing child pornography made a first appearance Thursday in Clark County Superior Court.

Jorden D. Knight, 21, appeared on suspicion of 10 counts of possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

On March 23, 2016, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received information from Dropbox, a file hosting service, that a user was using the service to store child pornography. The service provided 322 files and account data to the agency, which determined the user lives in the Vancouver area, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

The Vancouver Police Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit began investigating and reviewed three of the videos associated with the account. The videos depicted girls and boys between the ages of 9 to 13 engaged in sexual conduct, the affidavit said.

Investigators linked the account to Knight through his email, username and Facebook account, court records show. The Internet Protocol address used while accessing the Dropbox account was later traced to two Vancouver residences — Knight’s mother and uncle’s homes, where he previously lived, according to court documents.

Police contacted Knight on Wednesday after locating his new address. He told investigators that he gave his Dropbox account to a friend. However, when he was told that information is inconsistent with login information, he asked for a lawyer, the affidavit said.

Investigators seized his cellphone, laptop and two USB flash drives and found an image of child pornography on one of the USB flash drives, court records show.

Judge Gregory Gonzales set Knight’s bail at $35,000 on Thursday. He will be arraigned March 30.