Liberty woman accused of trading child porn with Austintown man
A Liberty Township woman who's been in trouble before for leaving her toddler home alone to go out and buy beer is now accused of trading child pornography with an Austintown Township man.
A Liberty Township woman who's been in trouble before for leaving her toddler home alone to go out and buy beer is now accused of trading child pornography with an Austintown Township man.
Federal complaints filed this week allege that Candis Wynn and Daniel Robert Parker, both 32, violated laws against sexually exploiting children and receiving and distributing pictures of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
According to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court, Wynn sent Parker a video of a child being sexually assaulted. The affidavit doesn't give the child's age but describes her as prepubescent.
Investigators say Wynn also sent Parker other pictures and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults.
A special agent from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation says that Parker, in turn, sent pornographic videos of children to Wynn.
On January 8, Liberty Police searched Wynn's Lucretia Drive home, seizing her phone and other items.
Using another search warrant later that month, police confiscated two cell phones, a tablet and a sim card from Parker, who was at the Community Corrections Association halfway house on Market Street in Youngstown.
Wynn has been in the Trumbull County Jail since her arrest on January 8 on a charge of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. That charge was filed in Girard Court.
In August Wynn was sentenced to six months in jail for child endangering. Police say she left her two-year-old daughter home alone while she went to a store to buy malt liquor.
U.S. Marshals arrested Parker on Wednesday and took him to the Mahoning County jail where he is being held on a parole violation.
Ohio Department of Corrections records shows that had been on parole from state prison where he had been sentenced to three years for convictions on weapons violations.
Wynn and Parker are scheduled to make initial appearances on February 26 in federal court in Youngstown.
State investigators say those who use child porn online are now getting caught more often thanks to computer companies like Google who are constantly monitoring their products for these potential crimes.
"In 2009 we were receiving about 600 cybertips a year. As of last month we received 824 just for the month of January. The vast majority are coming from electronic service providers or internet companies," said David Frattare, commander of the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
