Final pretrial set for federal child porn defendant

MARQUETTE — A Marquette County man is facing federal charges after being accused of having child pornography.

Robert Carlson was indicted last August in U.S. District Court in Marquette for possession of child pornography. He has a final pretrial conference scheduled for February 18th.

He allegedly possessed and intended to view images of child pornography on a computer.

Federal Prosecutor Paul Lochner filed forfeiture proceedings against Carlson concerning books, videos and other material, including the computer and 250 gigabyte hard drive that contained the alleged material.

Court officials say the material on Carlson’s computer was manufactured outside the state of Michigan.