MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (October 12, 2023) — A Mount Sterling man is facing charges following an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation.
The Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation after discovering that the suspect was communicating with and soliciting sexually explicit images of a minor from an online social media account.
KSP located, interviewed, and arrested 32-year-old Roy Alan Tiefel.
During the investigation, authorities executed a search warrant for Tiefel’s cell phones in Mount Sterling on October 11. Equipment used to facilitate the crime was seized and taken to KSP’s forensic laboratory for examination.
Tiefel is currently charged with one count of promoting a minor in a sexual performance, one count of possessing matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance, one count of procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means, and distributing obscene matter to a minor.
Tiefel was lodged in the Montgomery County Regional Detention Center.