Lee County man arrested had over 2,000 pictures, videos of kids in a sexual explicit manner
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A Lee County man is behind jail bars after being charged with over 20-plus child pornography charges.
The investigation began on January 5th 2022, when Lee County Sheriff’s Investigators received two separate Cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in reference to Child Sexual Abuse Material that was downloaded and possessed on a cell phone in the Opelika area of Lee County.
Investigators were able to determine that the phone that was being used belonged to 27-year-old Robert Joseph Stetina.
“Investigators obtained a search warrant and recovered the phone that contained approximately 2000 images and videos depicting children under the age of 18 in a sexually Explicit manner,” authorities added.
Stetina was charged and arrested on 21 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
He is being held in the Lee County Jail on a $210,000.00 bond and the Investigation is ongoing and more charges are expected.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriffs Office at 334-749-5651 or Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867)
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