Dedham Man Pleads Not Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Raymond O'Hara, 56 of 49 Beech St. in Dedham, pled not guilty Tuesday in to charges of possession of child pronography and disseminating images of a child in a sex act.

Dedham and State police execucted a search warrant Tuesday morning on O'Hara's home and found hundreds of pornographic images on his computer, according to court documents.

O'Hara admitted to police that he'd used a peer-to-peer sharing network for months to download the images, according to court documents.

O'Hara is being held on $2,500 cash bail and had not posted it as of Wednesday afternoon.

If O'Hara posts bail, the court has ordered him not to have Internet access and to stay away from children, court documents state.

His next court date is May 3. 

If convicted, O'Hara faces up to 5 years in a state prison and up to a $10,000 fine.