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Coon Valley man now charged with 12 child porn counts

Published

5 years ago

November 8, 2018

Brad Williams

Criminal charges of possessing child pornography have now been filed against a Coon Valley man arrested last week.

Joseph Amundsen faces 12 charges related to producing or possessing pornographic images of children.

Police believe some images kept by Amundsen were produced in a bedroom at his house.

Amundsen was booked in the La Crosse jail on November 2nd, reportedly after he had been communicating on-line with an undercover police officer from Washington, D.C.

His bond remains at $10,000 cash.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.