A Lyons man who was employed by the Boy Scouts of America in the Ovid area, is pleading guilty to federal child porn charges.
Russell Ruth pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography. Federal prosecutors say between March and June of last year, Ruth uploaded five files containing child pornography to a Yahoo! Server. Yahoo! intercepted the files and reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Investigators traced the images back to Ruth and executed a search warrant at his home, where they found electronic devices containing over 10,000 images and 600 videos of child pornography, including images of young children and images involving violence.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.