Published: June 26, 2009 10:55 pm      

TC man face child pornography charges

TRAVERSE CITY -- A man faces several criminal charges after authorities allegedly found child pornography on his computer.

Thomas G. Bartlett, 56, of Traverse City, is charged with five counts of possession of child sexually abusive material and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.

Bartlett's wife allegedly told police she found what she believed to be child pornography on his computer. Police obtained a search warrant and allegedly found 163 images of naked young girls on a thumb drive.