Porn allegedly found on rented computer

A local man faces felony charges after lawmen found graphic images of underage girls on his rented computer.

The defendant, James M. Whitworth, waived his arraignment recently, entering a not guilty plea through his attorney to the charge of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.

His indictment came after Whitworth reportedly returned a rental computer, allegedly forgetting or overlooking the movie which was left in the machine?s memory. It was while the business was getting the computer ready for the next rental that employees came across a movie file on its hard drive. Authorities were then called.

According to investigators, the movie, bearing a sexually suggestive title, shows two young girls, both apparently underage, bathing in the nude. The girls were not involved in any sexual activity in the movie. However, investigators do not believe the film was part of any innocent family or home movies given the title.

?The title itself is very sexually suggestive,? said District Attorney General Dale Potter. ?We don?t believe he made the movie himself. It was probably given to him by someone. It was a digital type movie.?