JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A former Camden County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy has been indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges, according to Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Leonard Jerome Wilson, 39, formerly of Camdenton, Mo., was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Jefferson City, Mo., on Dec. 21, 2017. That indictment was unsealed and made public today upon Wilson’s arrest and initial court appearance in South Carolina. Wilson remains in federal custody and will be transported to the Western District of Missouri to face charges.

Wilson was employed as a Camden County sheriff’s deputy at the time of the alleged offenses.

The federal indictment alleges that Wilson received child pornography between April 26, 2015, and July 17, 2017. Wilson is also charged with possessing child pornography on July 17, 2017.

Garrison cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt.