Munson, Sprinkle charged with crimes against children

2006-06-28 / Front Page

By Dee Dellenbach Staff writer

Munson Munson Keith O. Munson of Delphi and Leon C. Sprinkle of Camden were charged Monday in Carroll Circuit Court for felony crimes against children.

Munson, 28, was charged with child molesting and four counts of child exploitation. He is charged with having performed deviate sexual conduct with a child who was nine years old; and creating a digitized image of a performance of sexual conduct.

Delphi Police Officer Brandon Endicott was one of the investigators. In the Probable Cause Affidavit, he reported that Munson admitted he had touched and photographed the child. Munson also said he provided the photographs to Leon C. Sprinkle.

Sprinkle, 48, was charged with child solicitation and five counts of possession of child pornography. Carroll County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Mullin reported in the Probable Cause Affidavit that he served a search warrant on Sprinkle's residence and found digital media containing sexual acts with children.

Mullin reported that he identified one of the children and interviewed the child. The child reportedly advised that Sprinkle asked the child to take sexually explicit self-photographs. Mullin also found in Sprinkle's possession five pictures showing acts of sexual deviate conduct between adults and children under the age of 12.

The omnibus hearing is set for Aug. 16 at 9 a.m. for both men.

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