GULFPORT MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN.

JACKSON, MS -- The following information was released by the office of the Mississippi Attorney General:

A Gulfport resident has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography by the Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Michael Osborn, age 42, of Gulfport was arrested at his home this morning by investigators with the Attorney General's Office and charged with five counts possession of child porn. The arrest was made with assistance from the Harrison County Sheriff's Office (an affiliate of the Attorney General's ICAC Task Force) and the Gulfport Police Department.

"We have a tremendous spirit of cooperation in Mississippi among our law enforcement agencies especially where these type of cases are concerned," said Attorney General Hood.

Osborne was booked into the Harrison County Detention Center and placed under a $50,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years behind bars per count (total of 200 years). As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.