Three men arrested on child porn charges in Geauga County

GEAUGA COUNTY, Oh - Three men are under arrest for their alleged connection to two separate child pornography cases.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the arrests on Friday morning. A Geauga County grand jury indicted Matthew Logrande, Clayton McCoy and David McKibben on Thursday afternoon.

Logrande is the focus of one investigation, while McKibben and McCoy are the focus of a second investigation. McKibben is McCoy's uncle.

None of the children in the seized photographs are believed to be local children.

"All three men are accused of sharing pornographic photos of children online," said DeWine. "We cannot allow this terrible behavior to go unchecked because crimes like this can often escalate, leading to even more children being victimized."

Through an undercover investigation, agents discovered alleged child pornography coming from computers in Logrande's Hambden Township home, as well as the Chester Township home shared by McKibben and McCoy.

Search warrants were executed at both homes in April, where investigators confiscated several computers and other electronic media devices such as external hard drives and thumb drives.

Investigators said they uncovered hundreds of child pornography images on Logrande's computer. Agents also said they found hundreds of similar images on both McKibben's and McCoy's property, although investigators said the uncle and nephew were unaware that they were both allegedly participating in the same criminal activities.

All three suspects are charged with Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor, Pandering Sexually Oriented Matter Involving a Minor, Illegal Use of a Minor in Nudity Oriented Material or Performance, and Possession of Criminal Tools.