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Guilty Plea in Rochester Child Pornography Investigation
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man today admitted to a child pornography charge stemming from a Rochester Police Department investigation last year.
30-year-old Darith Chan Hin entered a guilty plea to a single count of possession of child pornography. The criminal complaint against him alleged that numerous videos were found on his cell phone depicting young girls, around 8 to 10 years old, engaged in sexual acts.
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The search of the cell phone occurred after Rochester Police executed search warrants last July that led to the seizure of the phone and other electronic devices. A total of three residences were searched as part of the investigation, which was launched after police received a cyber tip involving suspected child sexual abuse materials that had been saved to a Verizon account linked to Hin.
The court document says Hin admitted to downloading the videos from the links he received as a participant in group chats on Facebook Messenger.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in August. His plea deal calls for a stayed prison sentence and probation.
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