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Monongalia County man indicted on child pornography charges

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WHEELING — Jason Steven Kokinda, of Westover, was indicted Tuesday on a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Kokinda, 42, was indicted Tuesday on one count of second-offense possession of child pornography and one count of failure to update sex offender registry.

Kokinda, who was previously convicted of sex offenses against children and child pornography charges, is accused of having a cell phone with child pornography images in Randolph County in September 2019. He is also accused of failing to update his sex offender registration after traveling from Vermont and New Jersey to West Virginia in August 2019.

Kokinda faces  10-20 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $250,000 for the child pornography charge. He faces up to 10 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $250,000 for the registration charge. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Bridgeport Police Department and the U.S. Marshal Service investigated.

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