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The Times Leader
December 8, 2012
By MARK LAW – For The Times Leader , Times Leader
STEUBENVILLE – A Mount Pleasant man arrested Thursday by federal authorities for possession of child pornography admitted to investigators he has been downloading “child erotica” since 2004.
Ryan Kasler, 31, of 24 Union St., Mount Pleasant, had an initial appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers in Columbus, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kasler is being held without bond and is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. A detention hearing for Kasler is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday before Deavers, the U.S. attorney’s office reported.
According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and an unnamed foreign law enforcement agency began an investigation into a movie production company that operated a website offering DVDs and streaming videos featuring naked boys.
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