Macoupin Co. man charged

Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that, on Oct. 5, the Attorney General’s office charged a Macoupin County man, Robert L. Jones, 45, with five counts of dissemination of child pornography of a child under 13 years old which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Raoul’s investigators, with the assistance of the Gillespie Police Department and Macoupin County Sherrif’s Department, searched Jones’ home on the 700 block of South Street in Gillespie on Tuesday, Oct. 3, and arrested him due to evidence of child pornography on his electronic device and social media accounts.

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