An Oak Bluffs man was arraigned on child pornography charges in Edgartown district court Friday , after state police found a cache of pornographic materials in his home.
An Oak Bluffs man was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges after state police found a cache of pornographic materials in his home.
Stephen L. Jenkinson, 52, was arraigned Friday in Edgartown district court on charges of possessing child pornography and two counts of distributing material of a child in a sexual act. Bail was set at $1,500, with a further condition of release to remain away from anyone under the age of 17 and all public libraries. He was also ordered to have a GPS device attached.
According to a recording of court proceedings, the state police cyber crimes unit was informed of the dissemination of child sexual abuse imagery over the internet associated with a particular IP address. A subpoena to Comcast found the subscriber’s name, and state police executed a search warrant at Mr. Jenkinson’s residence in Oak Bluffs.
Police found objects in the home associated with child pornography, as well as more than 4,000 images of child sexual abuse material.
A probable cause hearing was scheduled for March 23.
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Bail set at $1500? The judges
Dean Rosenthal EdgartownBail set at $1500? The judges that come to this island and serve at our Courthouse (no judges are local, they all come from the Cape) and make bail and judgements are a disappointment. What a joke of an amount of money, we are talking about child pornography! It should have been set at $100000 or more. What about the safety of children and community on Martha’s Vineyard? Over and over, we see our hard working local police departments doing their jobs and the Courthouse is a revolving door thanks to the judges who turn criminals right back onto Main Street, Edgartown. Revolting. Do these people have no decency, no care for our community?
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