Friday, July 10, 2009

David Burnett Arrested for Posting Child Porn on MySpace

SEWICKLEY, Pa.

A Westmoreland County man is facing hundreds of counts related to child pornography, after he allegedly posted explicit photos on MySpace.

According to WTAE's news exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, police said David Burnett, of Sewickley Township, uploaded pornographic photos of a 15-year-old girl to a MySpace Web Page.

According to the criminal complaint, Burnett used his cell phone to take pictures of the victim between January and July of last year. Police said he threatened to make the pictures public if she didn't do what he wanted.

Police said he eventually posted four photos on the victim's MySpace page, the Trib reported.

Burnett is facing more than 200 counts on charges which include sexual abuse of children, dissemination of child pornography, aggravated indecent assault and criminal coercion.

Jeannette District Judge Joseph DeMarchis set Burnett's bond at $25,000.

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