CLAY TWP. — Charges have been approved against a man accused of exchanging illicit photographs with juveniles.
Michael O’Neal Fowler Jr., 46, is charged with:
- Six counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material or performance
- One count of attempt to commit tampering with evidence
- Three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor
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Clay Twp. Police Chief J. Van Gundy said there are now believed to be seven victims. Since our story first aired earlier this week, Van Gundy said there are three more victims who need to be identified and interviewed.
Van Gundy said there are “an additional amount of images” police need to look through and identify the people in them.
“These numbers (of charges) will increase by the time we conclude this case,” Van Gundy said.
Fowler is said to have met some of the victims at a New Year’s Eve Party, where he had shown up.
Fowler already is charged with criminal child enticement in German Twp. in Clark County from an incident last spring.
In the German Twp. case, Fowler was in possession of 38 zip ties, a pill bottle of Viagra, a sex toy, “a marijuana cigarette,” a bottle of CIROC red berry alcohol and a bottle of Crown Royal Vanilla, according to a German Twp. Police Department property receipt.