Albemarle woman indicted on child porn charges

An Albemarle County woman is facing 10 possession of child pornography charges in the county’s circuit court.

A county grand jury handed down indictments charging 28-year-old Brittney M. Demmer with the counts. Demmer was arrested in June in connection with a police investigation that turned up pornography videos of prepubescent children.

She is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 29.

The grand jury also handed down several other indictments:

l Dustin James Lapradd, 23, of Moneta, was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Lapradd, a former University of Virginia student, originally was charged in May in connection with an Internet Crimes Against Children task force investigation.

Lapradd is scheduled for a trial Feb. 16.

l Santos Virgilio Lemus, 31, of Albemarle, was charged with receiving money from the earnings of a prostitute. Lemus was arrested in connection with a prostitution sting at a Commonwealth Drive apartment complex. Co-defendant Elizabeth Huertas Rondon was found guilty of misdemeanor prostitution in August and sentenced to a $250 fine and $91 in costs.

Lemus is scheduled for a trial Nov. 17.

l Alfonso Bernardo Ochoa, 23, of Albemarle, was charged with malicious wounding. Ochoa was arrested in connection with the July beating of 27-year-old Eduardo Mendez of Charlottesville. A malicious wounding charge against co-defendant Edgar Alvarez Santos in connection with the same incident was dismissed after a preliminary hearing in September.

Ochoa is scheduled for a trial Nov. 17.