St. James man accused of having child porn

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A St. James man was charged in Phelps County on Wednesday with possessing child pornography.

Yumie Bolden, 26, is being held at the Phelps County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled.

The probable cause statement says law enforcement received a Cyber Tip “that originated from an online cloud storage application,” and Bolden was identified.

Law enforcement spoke with Bolden on Nov. 21, where he allegedly claimed “he found a link on a ‘Fan Fiction’ site that led to a Telegram user sharing illicit material. He contacted the user and received what he now identifies as child pornography,” court documents say.

Bolden allegedly denied having child porn but claimed he had “drawings of children” on his devices, the statement says. A search of his devices led to 163 images of child porn being found, the statement says.