LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A southern Indiana man has ben arrested after authorities found he was in possession of child sexual abuse materials.
Jim Dean Cozart, 52, has been charged with four counts of possession of child pornography. Each count is a level four felony.
Indiana State Police (ISP) said a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) last November is what led authorities to Cozart's home on Pilgrim Way in Salem, Indiana. The tip said someone was potentially using an online account to transmit child sexual abuse materials including images and video files.
Detectives with ISP's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) executed a search warrant of the home based on information gathered through an investigation and arrested Cozart without incident.
Cozart is being held at the Washington County Jail at this time.
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