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A Mount Olive man was charged with possessing child pornography on Friday as part of an investigation led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.
Michael Curran who was charged in Macoupin County Circuit Court faces 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Each of the Class 2 felony counts is punishable by up to three to seven years in prison. Curran’s bond was set at $100,000.
With the assistance of the Mount Olive Police Department and the Macoupin County sheriff’s office, Raoul’s investigators searched a residence in the 300 block of East Fourth North Street on Thursday. Curran, 69, was arrested after evidence of child pornography was discovered, according to a press release from Raoul s office.
Macoupin man facing multiple child porn charges
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MOUNT OLIVE A Macoupin County man is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail after his arrest on child pornography charges.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Michael F. Curran, 69, of Mount Olive was arrested on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, each a felony punishable by three to seven years in prison.
State investigators, with the assistance of Mount Olive Police Department and Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department, searched a residence Thursday in the 300 block of East Fourth North Street and arrested Curran after saying they found evidence of child pornography.
“Child pornography forever changes the lives of victims and their families and those who perpetuate these horrific crimes must be held accountable,” Raoul said.