Asheville Man Faces Mutliple Child Sex Crime Charges

Asheville -- August 26, 2022: Following a protracted investigation, detectives with the Asheville Police Department's computer crimes unit charged a man with muliple charges of child sex crimes.

With a $80,000 secured bond, Joseph David Ostler  was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility Thursday 
after turning himself in. 38 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of minors and two cases of second-degree sexual exploitation of minors were brought against him.
As members of the North Carolina Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, APD Detectives with the Computer Crimes Unit followed up on cybertips they had received, and the investigation got underway in September 2021.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Asheville Police Department or your local law enforcement agency if you have any information about a kid who is being abused in any way. By texting TIP2APD to 847411 or using the TIP2APD mobile app, you can provide information with APD in an anonymous manner. Call 828-252-1110 to share information as well.

Editor's Note:* A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.

WNCTIMES by Marjorie Farrington.