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Prosecutor says child pornography discovered on computer of man, 61 Walton Hills resident pleads not guilty to 26 counts of pandering

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February 15, 2007

by Tim Troglen

Reporter

Cleveland -- A 61-year-old man took his computer into a Macedonia electronics store in November for service.

Now he faces up to 124 years in jail because of pictures and videos of juvenile females technicians at the store told police they found on his hard drive, said Walton Hills Police Lt. Kenn Thellmann.

According to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, Emil T. Colosimo, of Walton Hills, pleaded not guilty Feb. 12 to 13 counts of fourth-degree felony pandering of sexually oriented matters involving minors, 13 counts of second-degree felony pandering of sexually oriented material involving minors and one count of possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

Mason alleges that Colosimo had numerous pictures and videos of juvenile girls "in provacative positions."

Colosimo was released that day on a $10,000 bond.

Colosimo's attorney, Richard W. Landoll, did not return a phone call to his office for comment.

A woman answering the phone at Colosimo's home Feb. 12 declined comment.

According to a Feb. 9 press release from the prosecutor's office, after Colosimo took his computer in for service at a Macedonia electronics store, a technician performing "data recovery" allegedly found "numerous pictures of females between the ages of 12- and14-years old" and contacted police.

The release further stated the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant on the computer and others in Colosimo's possession and found "many sexually- oriented photos and videos of juvenile females." Colosimo was indicted by a grand jury Feb. 7.

According to Walton Hills Police Chief Gary Rhines, police officers from the Macedonia Police Department turned the case over to Walton Hills.

Thellmann said the investigation took time.

"It was not like you see on TV's 'Crime Scene Investigation,' when a technician would strike one key on the computer's keyboard and all the files would open up, giving them all the evidence in a split second," Thellmann said.

"Each file or folder had to be individually dissected, thus opening the doors to new and hidden files or folders," Thellmann said.

There are no further court dates scheduled.

E-mail: TTroglen@recordpub.com

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4109




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