Alexander City man arrested on child pornography charges

City resident facing obscenity charges involving children

After receiving a complaint filed by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) on Nov. 18, detectives from the Bellefontaine Police Department launched an investigation which ended with the arrest of a Bellefontaine man Tuesday, Dec. 9. According to the BPD report, ICAC filed the complaint against Ethan B. Gilmore, 24, of Bellefontaine, which led detectives to begin an investigation into Gilmore’s online activities. Based on that investigation…

Alexander City man arrested on child pornography charges

Alexander City police say they’ve arrested a man on several counts of child pornography. Lt. Drew Machen of the Alexander City Police Department says 44-year-old Donald Easley of Alexander City has been charged with two counts of distributing child pornography, six counts of possessing child pornography and one count of possessing a controlled substance. Machen says on December 1, police got a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task F…