 A Belfrey man was indicted this week on rape and child pornography charges. According to court documents, 26-year-old Cody West of Riverfront Road in Belfrey was charged with promoting a sexual performance by a minor, possession of child pornography, third-degree rape, and third-degree sodomy. Pike County Commonwealth's attorney Bill Sloan tells Mountain Top News that the case originated from a complaint from the parents of the alleged victim in the case. Sloan says the case illustrates the importance of parents monitoring their children's use of social media, and with whom their children associate. The victim in this case was at least 16 years of age, and generally we think that 16 years of age is the age of consent that you could consent to sex. But the legislature in the last few years, I'm not sure it's been two or three years, changed that law. If the person is 10 years old, 10 years older than the victim, in this case then the victim is not considered to be capable of consent to have sex with a person that's 10 years older if the victim is 16 or 17 years old. In this case, I think our victim is 16 years old and the defendant was 26 years old. It's really important that parents be aware of who their children are involved with, and this is a case that came to the attention of law enforcement because parents were concerned about the relationship they thought that their daughter was having with an older person, and they brought it to the attention of, eventually ended up with the electronic Crimes Branch, and through an analysis that was done on some social media networks that they were able to obtain evidence that is the basis for the promoting charge. But this all came initiated because it was a concerned parent that brought it to the attention of law enforcement. West could face up to 10 years in prison on the promoting a sexual performance by minor charge, and up to five years in prison on each of the other charges.