Former AOL Exec Faces Child Porn Charges

Craig Dykstra, 52, appeared in court Friday morning for arraignment and a bond hearing.   He will be facing a jury of his peers on June 13-14 of this year and was released on a $5,000 bond. 

The former America Online executive, who served a five-day jail sentence in December for secretly taping nude Westfield High School teens at his Virginia Run home, was recently indicted by a Fairfax County grand jury on five felony charges of possessing child pornography.

Dykstra was arrested last June in response to complaints by teenaged guests of his daughters who attended a pool party at his home on Trillium House Lane, which is featured on MTV Teen Cribs. The party followed an event at Westfield High School.

A police search warrant affidavit said a teenage boy and girl, who were changing clothes inside Dykstra's house, found a small digital video camera that had been hidden inside. They took the camera, gave it to their parents who then turned it over to police. Following his arrest, police searched Dykstra's home and seized computers, cameras and various data storage devices.

The new charges are the result of an ongoing investigation that looked more closely at evidence which surfaced from the original case, officials said.

No specifics are provided in the indictment and Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Kelly Pearson said she could not provide details because the case was pending court action.