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Friday 15th November 2024

New charges against Altoona man for child sexual assault

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News reports indicate police have charged 51 year old Benjamin Dent of Altoona with more than 700 counts of having sexual images of young children on his cellphone. The reports suggest that Dent had recorded young children in videos and had photos inside his home with young victims. He was arrested after a 4th of July party at his home, where he was charged with having his pants down in front of a 7 year old girl. Dent is now charged with child rape, child pornography depicting sex acts, child pornography, indecent assault of a person under 13, corruption of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent exposure. In all, Dent is facing 710 counts and is locked up on $750,000 bail.

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