(Exeter, NH) - An Exeter man has been arrested on 6 counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Images, a Class A Felony.

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55 year old William Ponthier was arrested after detectives from the Exeter Police Department, the N.H. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Hampton and Portsmouth Police and the Strafford County Sheriffs Department executed a search warrant at Ponthier's condominium unit.

The search was in conjunction with an ongoing operation by undercover officers who were investigating the illegal use of computers and the alleged possession and distribution of sexual abuse images of young children from within the condo unit.

Bail for Ponthier was set at $50,000 cash or surety.

As an Aviation Safety Inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration, Ponthier was ordered to surrender his FAA credentials and passport.

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