By JOHN HOFHEIMER
Leader senior staff writer
Trial is set for Oct. 14 for a Little Rock Air Force Base officer on six child pornography charges.
Lt. Michael James Blum, a Sherwood resident, is still a member of the military with discharge action pending, according to Airman Jason Elkins of Little Rock Air Force Base.
Blum is a mobility navigator for the 50th Airlift Squadron.
A federal grand jury returned indictments against Blum on Aug. 7, 2007 and he was arrested three days later.
Charges include two counts of enticing children between October 2004 until December 2005 to pose or engage in a sexually explicit way that could be transported in interstate commerce.
He is charged with receiving child pornography on a computer via the Internet.
Blum also is charged with possession of child pornography.
Blum was charged with two other child pornography violations for attempting to entice underage victims to engage in sexual activity. All six charges are felonies.
All are alleged to have occurred after Blum entered the Air Force in April 2003 but before he arrived at Little Rock Air Force Base in October 2006.
The court released Blum on his own recognizance on the condition that he remain in his home with electronic monitoring, that he not have access to a computer or a cell phone and that he have no contact with his wife or with any children, including his three alleged victims.
Blum also was ordered to refrain from “excessive” use of alcohol.
