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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 31, 2025</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Sarah Yoro-Massad
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
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<br />Brian McNeill
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<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia Police arrest man for child pornography crimes, Jan. 31</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Jan. 31, Columbia Police arrested Steven Greathouse, 30, of Columbia, for sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child pornography and promoting child pornography to a minor. Greathouse posed as a juvenile online to solicit sexually explicit images from underage victims.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police received a tip from the New Jersey State Police that Greathouse was illegally communicating online with juveniles in New Jersey. With the assistance of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Task Force, CPD officers executed a search warrant at Greathouse’s residence, where he was arrested without incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Columbia Police Department encourages parents to talk with their children about online safety. For more information, visit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s </span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.dhs.gov/know2protect/take-action?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhvK8BhDfARIsABsPy4i1L-Uf1NjroPJumbCTXZmTRl0j1Kfma0ZE_0RYQxgZ1icYhMiMdggaApzhEALw_wcB"><span style="font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. To provide information anonymously, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.8477. If you provide information to CrimeStoppers that leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,500.</span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case number </strong><strong>2025-000708</strong></div></div>
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