Joplin man to be held without bond while awaiting trial on child pornography charges

During a hearing last week in U. S. District Court in Springfield, a federal judge ordered Dakotah "Cody" Gilmore, 31, Joplin, held without bond while awaiting trial on child pornography charges.

Gilmore was arrested following the execution of a search warrant January 21 at a home in the 1500 block of South Murphy Lane. A Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force investigation had traced child pornography, much of it involving children who appeared to be age five or younger to accounts belonging to Gilmore, according to the probable cause affidavit.

During an interview with investigators, Gilmore admitted he had been viewing and distributing child pornography for two years and was a member of 50 child pornography groups, according to the affidavit.