Former Cape cop indicted on possessing child porn

A former Cape Girardeau police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possession of child pornography.

The grand jury charged Jason McDonald, 31, with possessing multiple pornographic videos and photographs on a hard drive between Jan. 1, 2013, and Oct. 7, 2014. McDonald worked with the Cape Girardeau Police Department from August 2009 to August 2014, according to a Cape Girardeau police news release. He resigned to seek employment elsewhere in 2014, the release stated.

The indictment cited two videos involving minor males engaging in sex acts with adult men and a picture of a minor female engaged in a sex act with a minor male. The Department of Homeland Security investigated the case. Cape Girardeau police wrote in the release they are cooperating fully with federal investigators.

Pertinent address:

555 Independence St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.