MT. ZION, Ill. (WAND) - A Mt. Zion man charged with possessing child sexual abuse material has pleaded not guilty. 

According to a release from the Illinois Attorney General's office, 19-year-old Spencer Price was charged in Macon County Circuit Court with eight counts of the crime. 

He was also charged with one count of failing to register as a sex offender. 

The release stated that investigators and the Mt. Zion and Decatur Police Departments searched Price's home on Woodland Drive in Mt. Zion on Wednesday. 

He was arrested based on evidence of the illegal material at his home. 

Pre-trial is set for July 9 at 9 a.m. Price was denied pretrial release. 

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