A 37-year-old Vandalia man was found guilty Wednesday in Fayette County Court of all 10 felony counts of possessing child pornography against him. Judge Marc Kelly found Ryan Koontz guilty of eight Class 2 felony counts of child pornography and two Class X felony counts of producing child pornography.

During the one-day bench trial, Kelly found evidence showed videos on a computer belonging to Koontz had videos from accounts using passwords and usernames used by Koontz.

Investigators testified when confronted with this information, Koontz admitted to them he was aware of the downloaded files on the laptop and admitted his efforts to hide those files from others and he knew it was wrong.

Judge Kelly found that on the production and distribution charges,  Koontz’ argument made no sense that he was unaware of the fact that while he could download from others through the program, he was not aware they could upload any files he has too.

Kelly also ruled no specific knowledge is required by statute but merely he did disseminate the child pornography. Koontz will remain in custody of the Fayette County Jail pending his April 20 sentencing. He faces between 36 and 116 years in prison.

The court ordered a pre-sentencing report to be prepared in the case, with probation services ordered to for a psychology and sex offender report. The case against Koontz stemmed from a statewide initiative launched in 2010 by the Attorney General’s Office called “Operation Glass House”; designed to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online.