Snow Shoe man charged with possession of child sexual abuse material
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- Microsoft flagged two child sexual abuse images uploaded to Bing in 2024.
- Troopers traced the upload IP address to Cody L. Emel, 37, of Snow Shoe.
- He faces 14 felony counts; released on $25,000 unsecured bail; hearing Dec. 17.
A Centre County man is facing felony charges after state police said they found him in possession of multiple images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
Cody L. Emel, 37, of Snow Shoe, was charged Wednesday with 14 felony counts related to child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communication facility. No defense lawyer was listed.
Software and internet services company Microsoft alerted the National Center for Missing and Exploited and Children of two inappropriate images uploaded to Bing in 2024, a trooper wrote in an affidavit of probable cause.
One showed a fully nude child exposing his penis and another showed a child exposing part of his genitals, police wrote. A trooper said he tracked the IP address, a numeric designation that identifies its location on the internet, to Emel.
Investigators searched his custom gaming computer Wednesday and police said they found multiple files of a nude boy. Emel denied any child sexual abuse material on the device, police wrote.
District Judge Steven Lachman released Emel on $25,000 unsecured bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 17.