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Police: Indy Man Had Thousands Of Child Porn Images, Movies

Man Also Accused Of Distributing Child Porn

POSTED: 11:34 am EDT October 4, 2008
UPDATED: 12:03 pm EDT October 4, 2008

An Indianapolis man went before a federal judge on Friday to answer to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography.

Michael Wildridge, 40, had thousands of images and movies of child pornography on his home computer, according to the affidavit, including depictions of children as young as infants and numerous children engaged in explicit sexual conduct.

He was also accused of distributing child pornography to a former resident of Miami Beach, Fla., who was sentenced to federal prison for the crime, according to the affidavit.

Wildridge’s arrest was the result of a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with authorities in Hamilton County, Brownsburg and Indianapolis.

Wildridge was arrested at his home on Friday morning and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kennard P. Foster in Indianapolis on Friday afternoon. He was ordered held in custody pending a detention hearing on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

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