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Oakdale Leader
By Richard Paloma
Staff Reporter rpaloma@oakdaleleader.com 209 847-3021 ext 8136
POSTED March 21, 2014
The Oakdale Bethel Assembly of God youth pastor arrested for possession of child pornography last month was taken into custody by federal authorities on suspicion of receiving or distributing images of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct after a Stanislaus Superior Court hearing on Wednesday, March 19.
Tyler Bliss, 27, of Oakdale, was in court to appear on a single felony count of possession of child pornography resulting from a Ceres Police Department arrest on Feb. 17 where investigators served search warrants at his Hudson Avenue home and the church on East G Street.
During the hearing, the district attorney’s office announced it would not be pursuing charges at which point Bliss was advised that there was a federal warrant for his arrest. Two US Marshals then took Bliss into custody and escorted him out of the courtroom.
Federal mandatory sentencing laws call for a five-year minimum for receipt of child pornography. Bliss could receive up to 20 years in prison for the offenses charged.
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