FRANKFORT, KY. – A 26-year-old Richmond man has been arrested and charged with 100 counts of allegedly possessing child porn, Attorney General Andy Beshear announced on Thursday Nov. 1, 2018.
Dylan Minch was arrested Oct. 30 after an online investigation by Beshear’s Cyber Crimes Unit. Cyber investigators secured a search warrant of Minch’s home where they recovered several electronic devices that contained graphic media files of children engaged in sexual acts.
Minch is currently housed in the Madison County Detention on a $50,000 cash bond.
“The Attorney General is the chief advocate and protector for our Kentucky families, and it’s our job to ensure our communities are safe by stopping predators who target and exploit our children,” Beshear said. “By working with the Kentucky State Police, we were able to take one more child predator off the streets and make our communities a little bit safer for our children.”
Minch is next scheduled to be in Madison District Court at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 7. He was arraigned Oct. 31.
The Cyber Crimes Unit is part of the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that works to reduce the number of child predators going after Kentucky’s most vulnerable children.
With the ever-changing cyber landscape, the unit is dedicated to educating its detectives on the most current techniques and technologies to keep pace with those seeking to harm children.
The Office of the Attorney General also makes it a priority to educate law enforcement, prosecutors, parents, children and caregivers on dangers of the internet.
To help keep children safe online, the office has collaborated with Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky to offer statewide trainings.
Beshear said the trainings offer a free Internet Safety Toolkit, which he said every Kentuckian could access online to obtain information that can protect children from cyber bullying to online predators.
Report any instance of child abuse to local law enforcement or to Kentucky’s Child Abuse hotline at 877-597-2331 or 877-KYSAFE1.
Photo courtesy of the Madison County Detention Center.
