A Sedalia man has been charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography.
Chad M. Altis, 19, was taken into custody when members of the Sedalia Police Department served a search warrant in connection to an investigation into possession of child sex abuse material in the 3300 block of Cunningham Drive at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, July 22.
Probable cause documents state the Western Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce received a tip in July that originated from Dropbox and included a single video that fell underneath the definition of child pornography.
The suspect email address, which was determined to belong to Altis, was also connected with a tip that was reported in May concerning suspicious activity taking place on a CashApp account.
A search warrant to Dropbox for Altis' account recovered 11 videos involving child sex abuse.
During the execution of the search warrant, multiple electronic devices were seized, which are also believed to contain additional illicit material.
Detectives have drafted and obtained additional search warrants for the devices, with forensic analysis currently pending.
Court documents state Altis admitted to possessing the material through several sources including Dropbox. The documents also state he admitted that the flagged CashApp transactions were him purchasing child sex abuse material.
Altis, who's bond is set at $25,000 with conditions of GPS monitoring upon release, is behing held at the Pettis County Jail.
