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23-Year Old San Jose Man Arrested For Child Porn

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- A 23-year-old San Jose man was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of possessing child pornography after a five-month long online child pornography sharing investigation, according to the Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies.

At approximately 11 a.m., the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force, with the assistance of the United States Marshall's Service, Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force and the San Jose Police Department, executed a search warrant in the 100 block of 21st Street in San Jose.

The search warrant was a result of a five-month long investigation into online child pornography sharing.

Computer equipment and electronic storage devices containing child pornographic images were seized as evidence.

San Jose resident Rowell Ranario was arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, sheriff's deputies said.

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