Bethel police report that their search for John Kopkowski, of Batavia, has ended with his arrest Friday, Feb. 6 in San Diego, Calif. Kopkowski was indicted by the Clermont County Grand Jury on Wednesday, Feb. 4, on 50 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.

The charges and subsequent arrest are a result of an investigation conducted by the Bethel Police Department with assistance from the Batavia Police Department, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigations, Regional Electronics Computer Investigation Unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.