A Boone County man has been arrested on 50 counts of possession child sexual abuse material along with other charges after an investigation by the Arkansas Crimes Against Children Task Force, Arkansas State Police (ASP) and the Harrison Police Department. Being held in the Boone County Detention Center on $750,000 bond is 38-year-old Justin Neal Purkuhn of Omaha.
According to an ASP press release, the law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at Perkuhn’s residence after receiving a National Center for Missing & Exploited Children cyber tip.
During the investigation, agents discovered Perkuhn had initiated a graphic chat with a 17-year-old girl, during which he exchanged nude photos of two minors. Perkuhn had also uploaded 34 videos and six images of child porn to a cloud-based server.
A search of the suspect’s cell phone revealed more child sexual abuse material images, videos and information that allowed officers to identify and locate two victims living in the area.
In addition to the 50 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, Perkuhn is also facing one count of computer exploitation of a child, one count of video voyeurism of an adult and one count of video voyeurism of a child.
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