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Helena man accused of possessing child pornography

Posted at 4:55 PM, Oct 07, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-07 20:59:18-04

HELENA — A Helena man is accused of possessing child pornography.

On Monday, 27-year-old Brett Michael Hoffman appeared via video in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court.

Hoffman faces four felony charges of Sexual Abuse of Children.

Law Enforcement spoke with a girl under the age of 14 who said that she saw images of child pornography on Hoffman’s phone.

According to court documents, videos were found on the phone that portrayed girls under the age of 5 being sexually assaulted, as well as chat logs with juvenile females posing nude.

Hoffman will make his plea in District Court on October 30th.

Bond was set at $75,000.