COLUMBUS, Ohio — An employee at several Columbus cellphone stores was arrested Wednesday in connection with child sexual abuse material and video voyeurism crimes, according to U.S. Attorney Dominick Gerace III.

Neil Brown, 41, of Grove City, is federally charged with pandering obscenity involving a minor after allegedly taking nude photos and videos from customers’ phones.

The attorney’s office said a cyber tipline received in January led investigators to search Brown’s digital accounts and devices.

According to charging documents, Brown was employed by Cellular Sales and would take the phones of female customers and search through them for illicit content.

Brown then allegedly created videos of the content on his own phone. Investigators have identified three victimized customers so

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