Diamond man pleads not guilty to child pornography charge

During a three-minute hearing Friday morning in U. S. District Court in Springfield, Terry Miksell, 63, Diamond waived the reading of his indictment and pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges.

Miksell, who was already awaiting trial in the Greene County Jail, was indicted Wednesday. The two-count indictment replaces the earlier federal criminal complaint that was filed against Miksell January 28.

Miksell is charged with one count of producing child pornography and one count of using the internet and a cell phone to attempt to induce a minor to engage in sexual activity.