Coventry Man Charged After Police Uncover 700 Kid Porn Images: Police

COVENTRY, CT — A Coventry man is facing a child porn charge after investigators discovered hundreds of lewd images on electronic devices belonging to him, a law enforcement report indicates.

On Tuesday, the Coventry police arrested 59-year-old local resident Ronny Kohler via a warrant charging him with first-degree possession of child pornography.

The investigation into Kohler commenced after police received 13 Cyber Tipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding suspected child pornography accessed online, according to an arrest report. Police said the tips were initially investigated by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and then turned over to them once it was determined that the files were accessed by a computer IP address assigned to a Coventry address.

Police said a search warrant was obtained for the residence and executed with the assistance of a
detective from the CT State Police Computer Crimes Unit. Several electronic items were seized and they contained more than 300 hundred images and videos of "child sexual abuse material" and more that 400 images and videos of "child exploitation material," according to a law enforcement report.

Kohler was held on a $300,000 bond and was to be arraigned Tuesday in Rockville Superior Court.