Dover man charged with child porn, allegedly videotaped sex act involving minor

Tyler Townsend (Strafford County Jail photo/2019)

CONCORD - A Dover man has been was indicted by a federal grand jury on sex trafficking of a minor and production of child pornography charges, the U.S Attorneys Office announced Tuesday.

The indictment alleges that from approximately July of 2017 through approximately September of 2017, Tyler Townsend, 27, took various actions to cause a minor female to engage in commercial sex acts.

The indictment also alleges that on two occasions in August of 2017, Townsend used the same minor female to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce a visual depiction of that conduct.

Townsend is currently in custody on unrelated state charges.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the Dover Police Department and the New Hampshire Human Trafficking Collaborative Task Force. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kasey Weiland and Anna Dronzek.