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<p>NEWPORT TWP. &#8212; State police arrested a man who allegedly downloaded child pornography on a computer.</p><p>Michael Vincent Rokosz, 28, of West Main Street, Wanamie, admitted he began viewing child pornography for personal gratification because mainstream pornography would not &#8220;work&#8221; for him, according to arrest records.</p><p>Rokosz was arraigned Wednesday by District Judge Thomas Malloy in Wilkes-Barre on 17 counts each of dissemination of photos or videos of children engaged in sex acts and child pornography plus a single count of criminal use of a communication facility. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $50,000 bail.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>State police with the Computer Crime Task Force learned in early December that a computer was being used to share child pornography.</p><p>Investigators tracked the computer to Rokosz&#8217;s address where a search warrant was served Wednesday.</p><p>Rokosz admitted to investigators he views pornography for gratification. He claimed there was a point in time when mainstream pornography would not &#8220;work&#8221; for him and began viewing child pornography.</p><p>Rokosz alleged he has been viewing child pornography for about five years using certain search words. He would search for child pornography every four or five months and delete the images or videos from his computer.</p><p>Investigators allege they found 12 images or videos of child pornography on Rokosz&#8217;s computer.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Newport Township man charged with child pornography