Crime & Safety

More Charges Filed Against Salem Man Arrested for Child Porn

Sexual assault, kidnapping charges filed via indictment, according to reports.

A local man charged with child pornography in April has been indicted on more charges, according to reports in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune and the New Hampshire Union Leader.

Kevin Rodwell, 29, of Salem, was indicted on the charges in Rockingham Superior Court.

In April, he was arrested and charged with one count of manufacturing a child sexual abuse image after allegedly taking nine pornographic pictures of a 14-year-old girl from Medway, MA.

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The latest indictment includes nine counts of child porn/child sexual images, seven sexual assault charges, as well as kidnapping and criminal restraint.

Rodwell is currently in jail serving an eight-month stint in county for vehicular assault after an accident in July 2011, on Route 111 in Danville.

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Read both posts on the websites of the Eagle-Tribune and Union Leader.

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