After a month long investigation which began on August the 2nd, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has filed charges against a 35-year-old Boonville man, Lance Larkin,

He has been charged with two first-degree Class B Felonies
1.) promoting child pornography and 2.) of child porn possession, with greater than 20 Files.

MSHP conducted an online investigation, (On Aug. 2) and found an IP address associated with a file of child porn that was shared.  The IP address was associated with Larkin’s home address,

A Search Warrant was then executed on Friday Sept. 5th. on Larkin’s home address, where authorities found thousands of pornographic files on Larkin’s computer.

Larkin is currently being held in the Cooper County Jail, on a No Bond Warrant.