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Spanky, whose real name is Thomas Allen Riccio, 23, of Jacksonville, Florida, made an initial state court appearance Monday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he was traveling with the circus, the officials said.
He faces 10 counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
The arrest Friday was the latest in an ongoing international probe of subscribers to a child pornography Web site that was shut down in an international raid last July.
U.S. Customs agents leading the investigation worked with North Carolina authorities in making the arrest, officials said.
Teachers, camp counselors and others with access to children have been high on the priority list for customs officials.
Agents have arrested hundreds of people in recent months, after obtaining tens of thousands of names from a credit card billing company allegedly involved in handling payments for Internet porn sites.
Spanky, whose real name is Thomas Allen Riccio, 23, of Jacksonville, Florida, made an initial state court appearance Monday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he was traveling with the circus, the officials said.
He faces 10 counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
The arrest Friday was the latest in an ongoing international probe of subscribers to a child pornography Web site that was shut down in an international raid last July.
U.S. Customs agents leading the investigation worked with North Carolina authorities in making the arrest, officials said.
Teachers, camp counselors and others with access to children have been high on the priority list for customs officials.
Agents have arrested hundreds of people in recent months, after obtaining tens of thousands of names from a credit card billing company allegedly involved in handling payments for Internet porn sites.
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