Monongahela Man Faces Trial On Child Porn Charges

A Monongahela man was charged with five felony counts of dissemination of photos or films of child sex acts and one felony count of criminal use of a communications device. Caleb Beers, 32 will face trial after all of his charges were held for court without a hearing on Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, on December 3, alleged child pornography was downloaded from a person to person file sharing account that was traced to an address in Monongahela. A February 28 search warrant to the home allowed police to uncover a computer belonging to Caleb Beers that was found to have the content police obtained and multiple other suspected child pornography files. Beers admitted to viewing child pornography to police. Beers is in the Washington County Jail on $50,000 bond. His formal arraignment will be April 25.