Murrieta Man Accused of Downloading Child Porn Arraigned

By City News Service, photo by shutterstock

A Murrieta man allegedly caught with sexually explicit images of children on his laptop computer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to possession of child pornography.

Michael David Otten, 44, was arrested in January 2014 following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation.

Otten was arraigned Tuesday at the Southwest Justice Center before Superior Court Judge Mark Mandio, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for July 13.

Otten remains free on $5,000 bail.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Kevin McDonald, Otten came under investigation after taking his laptop to a Temecula computer repair shop, where technicians allegedly found the kiddie porn pictures.

Detectives obtained a search warrant and served it at Otten’s house in the 23600 block of Sycamore Creek Avenue, where additional items were seized and Otten was taken into custody without incident, McDonald said.

Otten has no prior convictions in Riverside County.