Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Olmsted County prosecutors have charged a Rochester man with 10 counts of child pornography possession. 

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The criminal complaint filed Thursday against 18-year-old Chakong Yathortou indicates officers found 27 items of child pornography on a seized cell phone, 10 of which depicted sexual acts involving children as young as three years old as well as an infant. The case started as a cyber tip received by police in February detailing child phonography being uploaded to Facebook in October 2021. 

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The investigation led to a search of an apartment on Valleyhigh Dr. on April 4 where officers seized four devices. Investigators learned the phone with the pornographic material belonged to Yathortou, who admitted to viewing the material while he was talking with an investigator.

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Yathortou also admitted to having the Facebook account included in the cyber tip, according to the complaint. He’s been summoned to make his first court appearance on October 26.

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