A Sioux Falls man charged with possession of child pornography made his first appearance in a Minnehaha County courtroom Friday.



32-year-old Sioux Falls resident Steven Christopher Clancey is charged with possession of pornography, false imprisonment of a teenage girl, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.



Clancey walked into court Friday, covering his head with his shirt.



Police arrested him after a 17-year-old escaped from his home at the intersection of 8th St. and Covell Ave. in Sioux Falls.



The girl stopped at his home to charge her cell phone, but Clancey didn’t allow her to leave, according to police.



She was eventually able to convince him to go on a walk, where she ran off and was able to report the situation to police.



The girl said she saw pornographic images while locked inside his home, according to authorities.



“The victim stated that she saw those images on the suspect’s electronic media inside of the residence and based upon that information we did obtain and apply for a search warrant,” said Lt. Mike Colwill with the Sioux Falls Police Department.



The attorney representing Clancey in court Friday said he admitted to having downloaded more than 1,000 images and also admitted to knowing it’s wrong.



Authorities say he threatened to kill the girl, as well as himself.



According to his lawyer, Clancey also admitted to stealing children’s underwear for his own pleasure.



Police believe the girl and Clancey knew each other.



He is being held on a $25,000 cash bond and is not allowed to have any unsupervised contact with minors.



