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One of the most popular sections of the downtown Metro Library doesn't carry any books.
"I try to get in here 3 to 4 days a week," said James Walker. "The computer is helpful and I'm glad the library has them."
People like Walker depend on computer labs to search for jobs.
Others use the free service for social media and that's where the trouble occurred Thursday.
Police Lt. Michael Dudley says a local homeless man used the library computer to download a video of child pornography.
Jeffrey Rahn, 51, now faces a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.
"Not only did they have people around walking by, children included can see. This is disturbing," said Dudley.
The library does have safeguards to prevent porn downloads but Renuka Christoph says there are limits to those safeguards.
"It does not prevent those who have brought in a renewable device such as USB or if they're on their email and look to a site that way," said Christoph.
In this case, Christoph says Rahn circumvented the safeguards by accessing the video through social media but what he didn't know is the library's system can also flag inappropriate material.
"We knew he was accessing something that was inappropriate and we got personnel that closely monitor the area and so we were able to find it," said Christoph.
Rahn is being held on $10,000 bond.
"I try to get in here 3 to 4 days a week," said James Walker. "The computer is helpful and I'm glad the library has them."
People like Walker depend on computer labs to search for jobs.
Others use the free service for social media and that's where the trouble occurred Thursday.
Police Lt. Michael Dudley says a local homeless man used the library computer to download a video of child pornography.
Jeffrey Rahn, 51, now faces a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.
"Not only did they have people around walking by, children included can see. This is disturbing," said Dudley.
The library does have safeguards to prevent porn downloads but Renuka Christoph says there are limits to those safeguards.
"It does not prevent those who have brought in a renewable device such as USB or if they're on their email and look to a site that way," said Christoph.
In this case, Christoph says Rahn circumvented the safeguards by accessing the video through social media but what he didn't know is the library's system can also flag inappropriate material.
"We knew he was accessing something that was inappropriate and we got personnel that closely monitor the area and so we were able to find it," said Christoph.
Rahn is being held on $10,000 bond.
Friday, February 22 2013, 09:58 PM CST
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Two Tennessee appellate court judges have notified Gov. Bill Haslam that they will not run for another term on the bench in the August 2014 retention election.
Patricia J. Cottrell, a judge on the Court of Appeals, and Joseph M. Tipton, who sits on the Court of Criminal Appeals bench, will both leave after September of next year.
The announcements come after the state legislature left Tennessee without a way to replace judges who step down or die when a commission expires at the end of next month.
Members of the soon-to-be-defunct Judicial Nominating Commission will make recommendations for replacements to give to Haslam before the panel expires. Haslam will appoint the replacements from those recommendations.
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