Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Child-sex case may grow, police say
More adults, boys thought involved
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
INDEPENDENCE — Detective Tony Lucas said Independence police may only have “scratched the surface” in a case of juvenile sexual abuse with the arrest of an Independence man whose computer was filled with images of child pornography.
“We know there are more victims out there,” Detective Lucas said Tuesday. “We're in the early stages of the investigation. We have pictures of other juveniles who we believe had their pictures taken at an Elsmere home by other adults.”
Thomas A. Meyer, 50, of Turkeyfoot Road was arrested Sundayand charged with felony use of a minor in a sexual performance.
He was released on $5,000 cash bond and made an initial appearance Tuesday in Kenton District Court, where he was ordered to return June 2 for a preliminary hearing.
Police say Mr. Meyer took pictures of a 14-year-old boy wearing a diaper and socks.
Detective Lucas said police went to Mr. Meyer's residence April 29 in response to a 911 hang-up call. Officers said the 14-year-old boy said he called 911 because Mr. Meyer struck him. In a later interview, the youth said Mr. Meyer made him pose wearing a diaper.
Detective Lucas then talked to the boy, who said that Mr. Meyer “and his friends” had photographed him and other minor boys in diapers and nude, and that the pictures were recorded on Mr. Meyer's computer and various computer disks.
“We executed a search warrant at the home Monday and seized the computer, over 200 disks, 36 video tapes and a bag of diapers,” Detective Lucas said. “We also photographed some pacifiers in the home but did not remove them.”
The computer was taken to the Regional Electronic Computer Intelligence Task Force at the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, where Detective Dave Ausdenmoore downloaded about 6,000 images.
“Some of the pictures from the computer were obviously downloaded originally from the Internet, but others were obviously homemade,” Detective Lucas said. He said there were images of young boys in diapers and young boys engaging in sexual acts.
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