FRANKLIN, Pa. (EYT) — A 27-year-old man is behind bars after he admitted to transmitting child pornography from his Franklin apartment.

Trooper Joseph Streyle from the Pennsylvania State Police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation Computer Crime Unit filed the following charges against 27-year-old Brian Christopher Griffin on Tuesday:

• Disseminating Photo/Film of Child Sex Acts, Felony 3 (50 counts)
• Criminal Use Of Communication Facility, Felony 3

According to a criminal complaint filed at Magisterial District Judge Matthew T. Kirtland’s office, the SCI North West Computer Crime Task Force served a search warrant at Griffin’s Liberty Street apartment on July 13 around 1:19 p.m. after they received a “CyberTip” from the file hosting company DropBox.

The tip indicated that child pornography had been uploaded to their servers from an account associated with Griffin’s email address.

“Members of the BCI North West Computer Crime Unit were able to establish probable cause that the child pornography was uploaded from the address of 203 Liberty Street, Apt 1, City of Franklin, Venango County,” according to the criminal complaint.

Trooper Streyle said Griffin was interviewed at his residence and gave a full confession to possessing and uploading the child pornography using DropBox.

Griffin was lodged in the Venango County Jail on $25,000.00 cash bail.

He faces a preliminary hearing on August 14, at 8:30 a.m., in Venango County Central Court.

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