St. Joseph man arrested for possession of child pornography

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office arrested a St. Joseph, Missouri, man wanted for possession of child pornography.

Dennis Ray Cummings, 42, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 1311 South 20th St., following a lengthy investigation.

During the search, investigators seized items of evidence related to the ongoing investigation.

Additional cases for multiple violations of the failure to register as a sexual offender statute will also be submitted to Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney Michelle Davidson's Office for review and consideration of charges.

The Sheriff's Office said all suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

According to a probable cause statement, Cummings allegedly uploaded images containing child pornography to Google Lens.

Google reported the incidents to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The statement detailed that investigations found the email and number associated with the Google Lens uploads were registered to Cummings.

Additionally, court documents detail Cummings has a history of failure to appear in court, domestic assault, theft, statutory rape, burglary, probation violations and driving with a revoked license.