Rochester man pleads not guilty to child porn possession; trial scheduled for July

(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester man pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of possessing child pornography Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Jon Anthony Jones, 43, will stand trial on all charges on July 11, 2023, according to court documents released Tuesday.

According to court documents, Jones was accused in August of 2022, after Rochester police received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children task force alleging that a user at Jones’ address had uploaded Child Sex Abuse Materials (CSAM) or child pornography, to Microsoft Bing.

Rochester police allegedly seized a laptop Jones used, which had deleted folders with suspicious names, according to court documents.

Jones also spoke to law enforcement and admitted to viewing child pornography, then searching for it, according to court documents.

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