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	Man Arrested on Porn Charges Has Wayne Co. Record Delaware County Man Once Worked As Youth Pastor By Douglas Walker Pal-Item September 19, 2008 http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS01/809190306/1008 GASTON, Ind. — A rural Delaware County man who once worked as a youth pastor has been apprehended by federal authorities on charges related to child pornography. Charles S. "Chuck" Miller, 48, 10880 W. Bethel Ave., Gaston, is charged in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis with two counts of "receiving visual depictions of minors engaging in sexual explicit conduct by means of a computer," and one count of possession of a computer containing such images. The first two charges carry possible sentences of 20 years in federal prison and $250,000 fines. According to a probable cause affidavit, federal agents raided Miller's Harrison Township home Sept. 11, when he was taken into custody. He has since been held without bond in the Marion County jail in Indianapolis. In the document, U.S. Postal Inspector Thomas E. Henderson wrote that Miller "admitted to being a member of an Internet-based bulletin board dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of child pornography." Miller "also admitted being sexually attracted to photos of nude minor girls," Henderson wrote, and "stated that he knew that the images... were of real children." The document contained descriptions of what federal authorities called "lascivious" photos downloaded by Miller in March and April 2007, of nude girls, some of whom appear to be between the ages of 12 and 15, with others younger than 12. Also cited were Miller's comments on the bulletin board, using his screen name of "Pygman." The postal inspector wrote that Miller also acknowledged being convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor "while serving in a position of trust as a youth minister." Wayne County court records indicate that Miller, then listed as residing in Muncie, pleaded guilty to that charge in October 2001. He received a one-year jail term with all but 20 days suspended, was fined $250 and ordered to pay a $100 "child abuse prevention fee." His conviction was also reduced to misdemeanor status.
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