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Ashland County booking lists unlawful sexual conduct with a minor among four charges against Brian Keith Moroney
The sheriff's roster cites an Ohio Revised Code section for each charge and records no disposition.
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Production note: Automated tools assembled this report from the Ashland County Sheriff's Office public jail roster and the cited sections of the Ohio Revised Code; the wording is the Registry Recognizer Editorial Desk's own. The roster publishes booking records through a public bulk feed, and the exact response carrying this booking was captured as a source alongside the roster page. The roster cites a code section for every charge but publishes no offense degree, no case or docket number, no booking time and no demographic detail, so the degrees given here are drawn from the Ohio Revised Code and are not attributed to the sheriff's office. The roster repeats two of these charge lines more than once; whether those repetitions represent separate counts is not stated, so no count is reported here. Ohio has no publicly searchable case index configured in this system, so no court-record search was attempted for this booking; that is not a finding about whether a case exists. No independent local reporting on this arrest was located. Nothing about any alleged victim is published, and the only victim-related wording used is what the charges' own statutory names contain.
Brian Keith Moroney was booked into the Ashland County jail on Aug. 3, 2026 and is held for the Ashland County Sheriff's Office, according to the office's public jail roster. The roster lists four charges and cites an Ohio Revised Code section for each: unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, under ORC 2907.04; illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance, under ORC 2907.323(A)(3); pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, under ORC 2907.322(A)(5); and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, under ORC 2907.31(A)(1). The roster shows a bond amount of $0.00 on each.
The code grades those offenses separately. Unlawful sexual conduct with a minor is a felony of the fourth degree under ORC 2907.04(B)(1), and the same section provides other degrees in circumstances the booking record does not state. A violation of ORC 2907.323(A)(3) — possessing or viewing the material — is a felony of the fifth degree, and a violation of ORC 2907.322(A)(5) — soliciting, receiving or purchasing it — is a felony of the fourth degree; each rises one degree where the person has a prior conviction under the other section. Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles is a misdemeanor of the first degree under ORC 2907.31, rising to a felony where the material itself is obscene.
A jail roster records who is in custody and the charges an agency entered at intake. It is not a conviction, and it does not establish that the person committed the acts alleged. No disposition is recorded, and the roster shows no court date. Any penalty attached to these code sections applies only upon conviction. Moroney is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
Sources
- Ashland County Sheriff's Office public jail roster
- ORC 2907.04 — Unlawful sexual conduct with a minor
- ORC 2907.323 — Illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance
- ORC 2907.322 — Pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person
- ORC 2907.31 — Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles
- Ashland County jail roster record — MORONEY, BRIAN KEITH
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