More than 100 additional child porn charges filed against Tallahassee man
Karl Etters
Tallahassee Democrat
A Tallahassee man charged with possessing child pornography after traveling to Montana to meet and have sex with a minor is facing more than 100 new charges.
Prosecutors filed 106 new charges against Jesse Telander last week, all stemming from his involvement with a 15-year-old girl. Investigators say it was an ongoing back and forth relationship in which he coerced her into providing sexual videos and photos.
Telander, 26, faces an additional 78 counts of possession of child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography with intent to promote, three counts of promoting the sexual performance of a minor, two counts of transmitting child pornography, five counts of online solicitation of a minor and 16 counts of transmission of harmful material to a minor.
He was arrested Jan. 2 on 15 counts of possession of obscene material of sexual performance by a child.
He was released from the Leon County Detention Center on his own recognizance.
Tallahassee Police received several tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a social media company had intercepted communications between Telander and the girl.
He confessed to traveling to Montana in August to meet the girl and have sex at a hotel, according to court records. He also admitted to receiving sexual images and videos of the girl, who he believed was either 15 or 16.
Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter.