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Nationally Known Speaker Faces Child Porn Charges

Posted: 12:37 pm EST December 5, 2005Updated: 12:53 pm EST December 5, 2005

Nationally known speaker Michael Fortino is facing an Arkansas judge on Monday on charges of possessing child pornography.

Fortino has a reputation as an expert in time, stress and lifestyle management.

Police said Fortino was in Arkansas last week on business, but was arrested after he took his laptop to Fayetteville's Best Buy for repairs. Officials said technicians called authorities after finding several images involving children engaged in sexual acts on his hard drive.

"The technicians were doing a repair job on the computer, and in conducting the repair the files started coming out. So once they were made aware, they had to do something with it," said Fayetteville Police Department spokesperson Shannon Gabbard.

Fortino is out on bond, but faces three felony counts of possessing sexually explicit material involving a child.

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