The Pullman Police Department has arrested a Pullman for alleged possession of child pornography. The Pullman P. D. received a Cybertip from the National Center for Missing that a Pullman resident was uploading depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to an Internet-based storage account.

Pullman Police Detective and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Investigator Scott Kirk was assigned the investigation and was able to determine the suspect to be Robert Marshall Long, a 56-year-old male Pullman resident. With the assistance of Moscow Police Detective and fellow ICAC Investigator Eric Kjorness, Kirk conducted a lengthy investigation that included serving a search warrant at Long’s home and the seizure of his personal computer. A search of Long’s computer revealed numerous images with depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. This morning at 10:30, Detective Kirk, assisted by WSU Police, arrested Long at his office in Clark Hall on the WSU campus, where Long is employed as a research assistant. Long was booked into the Whitman County Jail on charges of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first degree, and dealing of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Both are Class ‘B’ felonies, punishable by up to ten-year imprisonment and/or $20,000 fine.