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Mesa man accused of downloading videos, images of child pornography

Posted at 3:22 PM, Mar 09, 2017
and last updated 2017-03-09 17:29:39-05

A Mesa man is accused of having a collection of child pornography in his home.

Michael Francis Rapp was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of downloading child pornography online.

During the investigation, officials discovered Rapp allegedly downloaded more than 100 images of child pornography over the course of 11 days.

After issuing a search warrant at his house, detectives confiscated electronic devices and discovered dozens of videos and thousands of inappropriate images of kids, a Mesa police spokesperson said.

Rapp was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor.  No additional information was released.