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Illegal Images Land Atchison Man In Jail

By Brian Hagen

01/08/2016

Jason Charlsen

(KAIR)--Sexual Exploitation of a Child.

That's the charge faced by an Atchison man following the discovery of what Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie calls images of underage children on a flash drive allegedly belonging to Jason Charlsen.

Laurie says the arrest this week was made after his office was notified about the images after Charlsen's flash drive was used on a computer that didn't belong to him.

The computer was secured and an outside law enforcement agency was called in to remove the images.

Once Charlsen was arrested, the investigation continued, leading to the execution of search warrants that led to the seizure of additional storage devices that investigators believe Charlsen used to save other illegal content.

Laurie says it's not believed any local children are included with the images, but not all evidence has yet been examined, adding that the investigation was launched on December 31st, and is ongoing due to the amount of evidence recovered.

Following his arrest, the 54-year-old Charlsen was booked into the Atchison County Jail where he remains on a pending bond.

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