( KLZA)-- A Fairfax, Missouri man is facing 17 additional charges of possession of child pornography and one count of child molestation in the second degree. James Ball was arrested June 4, by the Atchison County, Missouri Sheriff's Department with assistance from the Cyber Crimes Task Force. He was charged with possession of child pornography and 1st degree sodomy at that time. Sheriff Andrew Riley notes in a release that on June 18, Atchison County Deputies amended the probable cause statement with the Atchison County Attorney's Office, resulting in 17 additional charges of possession of child pornography and a count of second degree child molestation. Ball is being held without bail. In the release on Wednesday, Sheriff Riley noted that further charges are pending against Ball.
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