Trial For Alleged Area Child Porn Dealer Bumped to December

A 39-year-old man facing multiple felonies for possession and distribution of child porn has had his trial pushed back to December.

Daniel J. Bunch is facing five charges related to more than 1,000 hours of child pornography will go on trial December 16th. His attorneys say due to extensive amounts of evidence that still has to be evaluated they need more time.

Bunch was arrested in mid-July after Benton County and child sex task force officials were able to trace child porn trafficking to three separate IP addresses via Charter and they were assigned to Bunch Finnigan Appliances of Kennewick.

When authorities went to the store to search they learned Daniel Bunch was the only person who utilized the computer equipment there. Authorities found multiple computers that Bunch was able to access from his home.