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An Ames man was arrested today and will face charges of possession and receipt of child pornography.

Karl Ronald Kluender, 40, was taken into custody by officials with the U.S. Marshals' Service and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation after a federal indictment was issued against him. The indictment, obtained by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa, resulted from a join investigation of the IDCI, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the 2nd Judicial District for the Iowa Department of Corrections.

Pornographic images of children were located on computers owned by Kluender, who was on probation for an April 2006 conviction of indecent contact with a child. The images were discovered by a probation officer as part of a routine home check on June 8, 2007. No information has been provided regarding the time span between discovery of the images and today's arrest.

Kluender was arrested at 509 Main St. in Ames late this morning and transported to Des Moines. He is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate this afternoon.