Canfield businessman arrested on child porn and drug charges

CANFIELD — Police arrested a Beaver Township man after a six-month investigation uncovered a counterfeit money operation and child pornography offenses.

Trent Rapp, 42, of 12481 Market St., was taken into custody by Canfield Police just after 3 p.m. today at Dairy Queen on South Broad Street. The arrest and the 16 charges brought against Rapp were the result of an investigation that began Jan. 16 after a resource officer

at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center confiscated counterfeit currency from a student.

Rapp was charged with one count of marijuana trafficking, one count of cocaine possession, one count of corruption of a minor with drugs, one count of possession of criminal tools, eight counts of child pornography and four counts of pandering sexually oriented material.

Though Rapp, who owns the Dairy Queen, was arrested at the business, police said all of the crimes occurred at his home.

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