Scott Ballo, a former spokesman for Gov. Ted Kulongoski, was arraigned this week in Marion County Circuit Court on two counts of "encouraging child sex abuse"
Former Kulongoski aide arraigned on child porn charges
Scott Ballo, a former spokesman for Gov. Ted Kulongoski, was arraigned this week in Marion County Circuit Court on two counts of "encouraging child sex abuse" and one count of official misconduct.
All charges are misdemeanors. The two counts of "encouraging child sex abuse" involve possessing pornographic images of children under 18.
The charges stem from Ballo's time at the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, where he was communications manager in 2003 and 2004.
Ballo had traded his state issued laptop for a desk computer when the agency found some "questionable files" on the laptop, said Perrin Damon, spokeswoman for the economic and community development department.
The Marion County District Attorney's office did not return phone calls Thursday seeking details on the charges.
Ballo, 36, is a longtime Democratic political consultant who served as Kulongoski's spokesman during his first campaign and when he took office in 2003. Ballo then moved on to the economic development department, where he stayed until May 2004.
Ballo's attorney, Larry Matasar, had no comment.
A plea hearing is scheduled for November 29.
-- Janie Har
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2007/11/former_kulongoski_aide_arraign.html
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