Officer Eric A. Rinehart arrested child porn (Pic)

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Officer Eric A. Rinehart

August 12, 2006 - INDIANAPOLIS An F-B-I spokeswoman says a Henry County police officer was arrested today for producing child pornography.

Officer Eric A. Rinehart, 32, was in custody at the Marion County jail.

He is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate in Indianapolis on Monday.

F-B-I spokeswoman Wendy Osborne says Rinehart faces one count for production of child pornography. He was arrested at his home shortly after midnight.

The Associated Press left a message at the Middletown Police Department, where Rinehart is employed as an officer.

Middletown is about ten miles southwest of Muncie.

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MIDDLETOWN, Ind. -- A former Henry County police officer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.

U.S. District Court Judge David F. Hamilton sentenced Eric A. Rinehart, 34, of Middletown on Wednesday on two counts of producing pornography that showed minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, U.S. Attorney Susan Brooks said.

Rinehart, who pleaded guilty to the charges, admitted to making sexually explicit photos and movies involving minors then 16 and 17 years old. The government seized Rinehart's camera and computer, Brooks said.

Hamilton also ordered Rinehart to serve probation when he is released from prison, prosecutors said.

Rinehart had been a five-year member of the Middletown Police Department and a member of a Henry County SWAT team when state police and FBI agents arrested him Aug. 12 at his home in Middletown, about 10 miles southwest of Muncie. He has since resigned.

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