Fugitive from Justice Arrested in Lauderdale County

A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON FRIDAY IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY AND FACES CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE TIMES DAILY REPORTS, KENNETH MICHAEL MININGER, 51, WAS ARRESTED AFTER FLORENCE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. MININGER HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR AND FIVE COUNTS OF VOYEURISM. MINIGER WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A RAID AT HIS CHICKASAW RESIDENCE. THE EXECUTION OF THE SEARCH WARRANTE RESULTED IN SEVERAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHERE 48 IMAGES WERE FOUND AND DEEMED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.  MININGER WAS CHARGED WITH 48 COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, 48 COUNTS OF PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, FOUR COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD LESS THAN 12 YEARS OLD, AND TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE SODOMY. MININGER WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY ON A $255,000 BOND.

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