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OSBI agents helped arrest a Tecumseh man Wednesday afternoon after obscene pictures of young girls were found at a warehouse building he owns. OSBI Special Agent Andrea Hamilton arrested Philip Jan Cannon (d.o.b. 11/15/1940) for possession of obscene writings, pictures, etc of minors. OSBI was requested to investigate allegations brought to the District Attorney’s Office earlier in the week regarding images of young girls found by a person hired to work on the building. Agents and District 23 investigators served a search warrant on Cannon’s shop located at 101 W. Main, 122 S. Broadway, and 124 S. Broadway – a compilation of multiple structures and addresses. During the search, agents collected evidence including dozens of printed color and black-and-white pictures showing what appeared to be underage naked females. When agents reviewed a thumb drive seized during the search, they found at least a dozen pictures of naked or semi-naked females who appeared underage. Many of the photos had the females posing in sexual positions with sexually explicit captions. Cannon was booked into the Pottawatomie County jail.