The husband of a woman who ran an in-home day care in New Brighton has been charged with multiple counts of child pornography possession.
Investigators executed a search warrant at Joseph James King’s home in June of 2018 after an undercover internet investigator determined a computer inside the residence was being used to download and distribute child pornography, according to the criminal complaint filed via warrant Thursday in Ramsey County District Court.
King told investigators that only he and his wife live at the address, and acknowledged familiarity with some of the computer file names under investigation, the complaint said. He reportedly denied posting any illegal files of children to the internet.
King’s wife ran a day care out of their home, which is located on the 2000 block of Thorndale Avenue in the Ramsey County suburb.
Her license was temporarily suspended days after the search warrant was executed, and was indefinitely suspended in September of that year, according to day care records maintained by Minnesota Department of Human Services.
The order cites allegations of “serious incidents in your home by an individual who had access to children” as the reason for the suspension.
King was charged with 15 felony counts of child pornography possession.
No attorney was listed for him in court records, and neither he nor his wife could be immediately reached for comment.
King has no criminal history in Minnesota.