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Vancouver man in court; accused in child porn case

By Jack Heffernan, Columbian county government and small cities reporter
Published: April 11, 2019, 8:19pm

A Vancouver man was in court Thursday morning for allegedly possessing at least 10 videos of child pornography.

Miles Clifford Lane, 63, appeared in custody in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of four counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and four counts of first-degree dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Judge Daniel Stahnke set Lane’s bail at $40,000, which Lane posted, according to court records.

A Homeland Security Investigation special agent, assigned to the Vancouver Police Department’s Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit, went undercover to monitor people online who were distributing child pornography, according to an affidavit of probable cause. During the probe, the agent focused on an IP, or internet protocol, address that was later tracked to Lane’s residence, the affidavit said.

On Wednesday, police executed a search warrant at Lane’s home after contacting him during a traffic stop, according to the affidavit.

In an interview with police, Lane admitted to downloading and possessing child porn on a desktop computer in his apartment, which no one else uses, according to the affidavit. Lane said the computer would contain 100 to 200 child porn videos and that he had been downloading similar images since 2004 or 2005, the affidavit said.

Detectives seized a computer tower that, after forensic examination and analysis, contained at least 10 videos depicting prepubescent children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to the affidavit.

Lane is scheduled for arraignment April 25.

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Columbian county government and small cities reporter