Child Porn Charge Slapped on Somers Man

SOMERS, CT — A 63-year-old Somers man is facing a child porn charge after state police raided electronic equipment belonging to him.

Dean Bauer, of 159 Florida Road, Somers, has been charged with third-degree illegal possession of child pornography, an arrest report indicates. He was taken into custody on Thursday, state police said.

An arrest warrant indicates state police were tipped off to his activities someone finding a picture of her face superimposed on another woman's naked body on the social media site Instagram.

State police were led to Bauer's computer and they found child porn on it, according to an arrest warrant.

Bauer spent the overnight period locked up and was due to appear in court on Friday on a $50,000 bond, state police said.

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