Brown County man faces child porn charges

Patrick J. Becraft; photo courtesy of Indiana State Police

A Brown County man is facing child pornography charges after a Tuesday arrest. Sgt. Curt Durnil with the Indiana State Police say that members of the ISP Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, Cyber Crimes Unit and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant at a home in rural Brown County. He explains that the search warrant was executed following the initiation of an investigation into possession of child pornography video files.

Authorities arrested 28-year-old Patrick J. Becraft, of 5722 West State Road 46, on 10 counts of Child Exploitation (Level 5 Felony) and 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography (Level 6 felony).