A Franklin County grand jury has indicted former WBNS-10TV meteorologist Mike Davis on four felony counts related to downloaded child pornography.

The indictment was filed Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

According to the indictment, Davis, 60, is charged with three second-degree felony counts and one fourth-degree felony count of pandering sexually oriented material involving minors.

The charges accuse Davis of downloading and emailing himself videos and images of children involved in sexual activity between October 2018 and Sept. 5 — the date a search warrant was served at his Upper Arlington home and he was taken into police custody.

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The Franklin County Prosecutor's office said there is no evidence that Davis produced the images or sent them to anyone else.

Investigators seized electronic devices from his home and his office at 10TV as a result of the Sept. 5 search warrants, which were part of an investigation that began about two weeks earlier.

According to investigators, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force had received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a Yahoo account linked to Davis' email downloading a large amount of suspected child pornography.

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The number of images involved in the investigation was "significant," according to investigators involved in the case. The four counts are related to the "four most-egregious images," Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said in a statement.

Davis had worked as a meteorologist at the television station for more than three decades prior to his arrest in September. Davis was fired the next day after posting a pair of $25,000 bonds.

Davis is next scheduled to appear for an arraignment on Oct. 21.

If convicted on all four counts and issued consecutive sentences, Davis would face a maximum of 25 1/2 years in prison and registration as a sexual offender.

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