Man Accused of Child Porn has Charge Dropped

A Salem resident and former employee of the Eagle-Tribune newspaper accused of child pornography has had his charge dropped, according to a report by the Eagle Tribune this week.

Troy C. Thompson, 68, was scheduled to face trial in a few weeks, according to the paper. County Attorney Jim Reams told the paper that the case was dropped because doubts arose about the age of a person in the image. He only faced one charge although 15 files were found on his computer.

A child pornography task force originally searched Thompson's home in January 2012.

Among the items seized were computers, hard drives, thumb drives and other equipment.

Thompson was later arrested on June 20 after he turned himself in on a warrant for possession of child sexual abuse images. The investigation against Thompson began in late 2011 and included Nashua detectives.