LaCrosse man charged with child pornography

Daniel Lee Camp was allowed pre-trial release in Spokane Monday after pleading not guilty in United States District Court to two child pornography charges.

Camp, was arrested at his home in LaCrosse last Tuesday, Nov. 29. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation served the arrest warrant, according to Whitman County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Chapman, who assisted in the arrest.

Camp appeared in court later that day before Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.

The charges state Camp in February 2010 sold sexually explicit images of children across state lines. On May 4, 2010, the grand jury charges, Camp was found to be in possession of child pornography when FBI agents served a search warrant and seized his computer, flash drives and various pieces of digital media.

According to court records, the U.S. Attorney’s office asked Camp be held until trial. Judge Imbrogno ordered Camp be released to an electric home monitoring system. He was prohibited from unsupervised contact with minors. The judge specifically excluded his father as a supervisor.

A jury trial has been scheduled for Jan. 30.