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(82,333 posts) Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:19 PM Jul 2012

Florida puppeteer accused in child porn case

By the CNN Wire Staff
July 26, 2012 -- Updated 1313 GMT (2113 HKT)

CNN) -- On his website, Ronald William Brown posed with puppets, boasted about birthday party performances and offered workshops for school groups.

Now the 57-year-old Florida man is behind bars, facing federal charges of conspiring to kidnap a child and possessing child pornography.

Authorities accuse the puppeteer of having graphic discussions online about abusing, kidnapping, killing and eating children, according to court documents.

He was arrested in Largo, Florida, last week and appeared in federal court Tuesday.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/25/justice/florida-puppeteer-porn/