Three area men are presently facing charges involving child pornography. One was arrested by the Monroe County District Attorney's office; the other two involve federal charges.

The men are:• Brian Alexander Garcia, 22, of Tobyhanna, who is facing charges of distributing child pornography, possessing child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.Charges against him were filed Friday by the detective unit of the Monroe County Office of the District Attorney, which is an affiliated agency of the Pennsylvania Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.Officials with a search warrant raided the home of Garcia on Friday in Coolbaugh Township. According to the affidavit, Garcia told officials he had downloaded about 500 images of child pornography between the summer of 2014 and November 2014.The affidavit says, "The defendant stated that he did so because child pornography was his 'fetish' and he had grown bored of adult pornography.Downloading was done through a file sharing program.• Derrick Baer, 32, of Bath, and formerly of Pohatcong, New Jersey, is charged with receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography.According to the the Newark Division of the FBI, the arrest came about as follows:"In May 2010, in connection with an investigation into a suspicious death at Baer's residence, law enforcement obtained Baer's consent to seize computer equipment in his residence. A subsequent forensic review of that equipment made pursuant to a search warrant revealed 368 images and 29 video files of child pornography."The FBI said law enforcement determined that Baer used a file sharing program to download multiple files in January and February 2009.• Daniel Decker, 29, of Dingman's Ferry, Pike County, pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton to receiving and distributing child pornography.Decker faces a mandatory sentence of five years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.Decker admitted he used a computer between Jan. 2 and Jan. 20 of this year to obtain and distribute images of young children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.