O'Fallon man facing charges of possessing child pornography

O'FALLON, Ill. (WICS) — An O’Fallon, Ill. man was charged by Attorney General Kwame Raoul with possessing child pornography.

The Attorney General’s office charged Seth MacDonald, 45, in St. Clair County Circuit Court with 11 counts of possession of child pornography, Class 2 felonies each punishable by three to seven years in prison that must be served consecutively.

Raoul’s investigators, along with officers from the O’Fallon Police Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department, and St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, conducted a search of MacDonald’s residence in the 900 block of Buran Drive in O’Fallon on April 9.

MacDonald was arrested when evidence of child pornography was discovered.

MacDonald is currently being detained at the St. Clair County Jail.