On Sept. 16, the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office executed an arrest warrant in Okeene and took Randall Laubach into custody.
Blaine County Sheriff Travis Daugherty said his office received an email from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crimes Against Children division. That email referenced a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, alleging child pornography had been accessed from a computer in Okeene.
Daugherty outlined the extensive investigating that goes into establishing where pornography comes from and where it eventually goes to, and to determine who accessed the images. A series of search warrants are required before contact is made with a suspect.
“When we had determined there was, in fact, child porn involved, the suspect was placed under arrest by the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office,” Daugherty said Monday. Multiple electronic devices, including computers and storage chips were seized during the search of the home and the images on those electronics lead to four counts of aggravated possession of child porn and one count of Oklahoma Computers Act violation.
On Saturday, the probable cause affidavit was read to a judge, who set cash bond at $20,000. Laubach posted bond on Monday and was released until his court date arrives.
Anyone charged and arrested on those charges is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.