{"id":6576,"date":"2018-11-01T08:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=6576"},"modified":"2018-11-01T08:01:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T12:01:51","slug":"genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-charged-with-disseminating-indecent-material-to-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-charged-with-disseminating-indecent-material-to-a-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/Batavia man charged with disseminating indecent material to a minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-charged-with-disseminating-indecent-material-to-a-minor\/somerton-mug\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-MUG.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SOMERTON MUG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-MUG.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-MUG.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-MUG.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-MUG.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-MUG.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David J. Somerton, 36, of Kelsey Rd., Batavia, is charged with five counts of disseminating indecent material to a minor, a felony, after an investigation into an offense that occurred in the Town of Batavia on Kelsey road on October 13, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Additional charges are pending.<\/p>\n<p>Somerton was arraigned in the Town of Batavia Court on October 31, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office Criminal Investigation Division was assisted by the FBI\/Buffalo field office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David J. Somerton, 36, of Kelsey Rd., Batavia, is charged with five counts of disseminating indecent material to a minor, a felony, after an investigation into an offense that occurred in the Town of Batavia on Kelsey road on October 13, 2018. Additional charges are pending. Somerton was arraigned in \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-charged-with-disseminating-indecent-material-to-a-minor\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[1310],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-david-j-somerton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-1I4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7004,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/batavia-kelsey-road-man-facing-more-felony-charges-after-an-investigation-into-a-sex-offense\/","url_meta":{"origin":6576,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Kelsey road man facing more felony charges after an investigation into a sex offense","author":"aka","date":"November 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"David J. 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