UPDATE: Dodge Center man faces 10 more charges of child porn possession
Joseph Carlson / Contributed by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office
(ABC 6 News) – UPDATE: A Dodge Center man who pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of possessing child pornography in court yesterday now faces 10 more charges of child porn possession.
This brings Joseph Carlson’s charges to 20 counts of child porn possession and three charges of soliciting a minor.
The 10 additional charges were filed in Dodge County Court Thursday, Nov. 3.
According to court records, Dodge County law enforcement took Carlson’s phone when he was arrested on October 19, and later found more images of child porn on the device.
Carlson is scheduled to stand trial in January 2023.
(ABC 6 News) – A Dodge Center man facing 10 child pornography charges and 3 charges of soliciting a minor pleaded not guilty on all counts Wednesday.
Joseph Carlson, 30, is scheduled to stand trial in January 2023.
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Carlson was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 19, but had been the subject of an investigation for more than two months.
In August 2022, Homeland Security and the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office investigated Carlson for suspected possession of child pornography.
According to a release from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, a search warrant revealed 47 images and 155 videos of child pornography in Carlson’s home, as well 529 chats where Carlson had sexualized conversations with juveniles, both male and female.
Twelve of Carlson’s charges came from the results of that search warrant, while another came from a vigilante group’s tip to law enforcement.
In September, a group calling themselves Midwest Predator Catchers told law enforcement they had lured Carlson to a park by pretending to be a 14-year-old boy on Grindr.