Waynesville man faces 7 child porn charges

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Waynesville man has been charged in Pulaski County with multiple charges relating to child sex abuse materials.

Johnny Bruder is charged with seven counts of possessing child sex abuse files. A warrant was issued and a $500,000 bond was set.

The probable cause statement says a cybertip was received from the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force about child sex abuse materials being uploaded to a Google file. Bruder was interviewed at his home on Monday and was asked about a Gmail account

Bruder allegedly told authorities that he purchased a card and received child sex abuse materials that were then uploaded to his Google account, leading to the account to be suspended, the statement says. He then allegedly told the deputy that he had viewed and received child sex abuse files from the messaging application Telegram, the statement says.

A searched of Bruder’s devices revealed “multitudes of files” of child sex abuse material, the statement says.