Crime & Safety
Youth Group Leader Accused of Child Pornography Possession
Robert David Wright, of Cockeysville, served as a youth group leader at Clynmlira United Methodist Church.

Robert David Wright, 35, a youth group leader at a Phoenix church has been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.
Wright, of Cockeysville, was charged after he allegedly downloaded thousands of pornographic images of "female babies, toddlers and prepubescent girls, including images of children being raped," according to Baltimore County police.
So far there is no evidence that Wright abused the children in the images himself, or that any of the images are of children who attend Clynmalira United Methodist Church where Wright served as a youth group leader.
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Wright is currently being held in the Baltimore County Detention Center on $150,000 bail, according to police.
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