David Mitsnefes, Child Exploitation and Pornography, Ohio 2025

A Blue Ash man has been charged with federal crimes for allegedly exploiting and producing child pornography. David Mitsnefes, 32, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Cincinnati today for a detention hearing.

According to charging documents, Mitsnefes allegedly hid spy cameras in the bedrooms of minor victims and used the internet to save videos of the minors in various states of undress to his iPhone. He also allegedly took the victims’ underwear on numerous occasions and kept them in his bedroom.

The family of the minor victims discovered the hidden cameras on multiple occasions between 2021 and 2025. A subsequent search of Mitsnefes’s electronic devices revealed videos of the victims as well as numerous images and videos depicting child sexual abuse material obtained over the internet.

In November 2025, the family’s Ring security camera caught an image of Mitsnefes wearing a dark hoodie and pants entering the home while the family was out of town.

A criminal complaint was unsealed on December 17 charging Mitsnefes with attempted sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography. Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Jason Cromartie, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division; Blue Ash Police Chief Roger Pohlman and other members of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force announced the charges.

Assistant United States Attorney Kyle J. Healey is representing the United States in this case. A criminal complaint merely contains allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Mitsnefes’ detention hearing is scheduled for today at 1:30pm. The exact outcome of the case remains unknown at this time.

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