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Kansas man had nearly 2,200 child sex videos and images, feds say
CHEROKEE CO., Kan. – A Cherokee County man accused of possessing child sex abuse materials told federal investigators he liked viewing videos of children as young as 6 years old being sexually assaulted, according to a federal complaint filed on Thursday.
Kenneth Norman Baker, 41, of Baxter Springs, is charged federally with one count of receipt of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
Federal authorities arrested Baker at his residence in Baxter Springs on Tuesday with the help of local law enforcement officers. They say Baker admitted that he 'was primarily attracted to videos depicting minor females and adult males,' according to the criminal complaint.
Baker said he 'would download two or three videos a day or every few days' and estimated that approximately 150 videos would be on his laptop's hard drives. Court records say investigators actually found 2,189 files on his computer.
Baker also confessed to enjoying 'bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism and anal sex,' the court document states.
In the federal complaint, authorities say Baker used Freenet software, and that it was actively running when they seized his computer. They say Baker's files were organized and labeled with descriptive titles.
Baker is in federal custody and no court date has been set.
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