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Massena man jailed on child porn charges

Posted 2/11/16

MASSENA -- A village resident is jailed on child pornography charges, according to Massena Police. Joseph R. Banker, 38, of 18 Victory Rd., is charged with one count each of promoting and possessing …

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Massena man jailed on child porn charges

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MASSENA -- A village resident is jailed on child pornography charges, according to Massena Police.

Joseph R. Banker, 38, of 18 Victory Rd., is charged with one count each of promoting and possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, police said.

According to documents filed with Massena Village Court, Banker possessed numerous video files of a child under age 16 engaged in a sexual performance.

He had the files on his Tumblr account, which is a social media site, according to court documents.

The account was connected to Banker’s email address, master_h53@yahoo.com, the documents state.

Banker was interviewed by police and admitted the files were his, documents state.

Massena police were assisted by members of the New York State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Department of Homeland Security Investigations.

He was arraigned by Massena Village Justice Eric Gustafson and remanded to the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility, Canton, in lieu of $2,500 bail or $5,000, police said.

Banker was placed under a protection order barring him from having unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18.