Boyd was charged with six counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and two counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. After Boyd waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Hamilton Municipal Court, the case was sent directly to grand jury.
According to the grand jury report released Tuesday, Boyd is now charged with nine counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, nine counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and one count of rape. The alleged crimes occurred in July and September of 2018.
A police report was filed in March stating a witness received a photograph of a minor in a state of nudity, and an investigation began at that time, according to Hamilton Sgt. Richard Burkhardt.
The arrest report from Officer Mark Nichols states Boyd allegedly took “three videos of two different minor children under the age of 13 years old. The defendant took videos of their breast and (genitalia).”
Police say Boyd recorded a video of an 11-year-old child performing a sex act on him. All the images were in Boyd’s possession on his phone, according to the arrest report.
A woman with a child said she was concerned about Boyd’s behavior when he was still a teen, stating he sent photos of his genitalia to her and others, she told the Journal-News on the condition of anonymity.
“He sent stuff to three women, and all of us have small children,” the Hamilton woman said, adding she deleted the photos and did not make a police report. “I saw his arrest report. I think what he was really trying then was to take pictures of our children.”
Boyd remains housed in the Butler County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned July 9 in Butler County Common Pleas Court on the indicted charges.
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