Crime & Safety

Report: Columbia Man Faces Multiple Child Porn Charges

Robert Wayne Linton Jr, 36, was arrested on May 16 after a United States Postal Service investigation into the distribution of child pornography.

A Columbia man is charged with nine counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor after child pornography was allegedly found on his home computer, according to a WIS-TV report.

Robert Wayne Linton Jr, 36, was arrested on May 16 after a United States Postal Service investigation into the distribution of child pornography, according to the report.

Linton is registered as a sex offender and was convicted in 2003 in North Carolina for possession of child pornography, according to the National Sex Offender Registry. 

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Linton is out on bond, according to the WIS-TV report.

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