Blue Ash man faces federal exploitation, pornography charges for allegedly placing hidden cameras in minor victims’ home

CINCINNATI – A Blue Ash man has been charged federally with child exploitation and pornography crimes for allegedly hiding spy cameras in the house of minor victims.

David Mitsnefes, 32, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Cincinnati at 1:30pm today for a detention hearing.

According to charging documents, between 2021 and 2025, on multiple occasions the family of teenaged victims found hidden cameras in the minors’ bedrooms. Mitsnefes allegedly used wifi to save videos of the minor occupants in various states of undress to his iPhone. He also allegedly took the victims’ underwear on numerous occasions and kept them in his bedroom.

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

A criminal complaint was unsealed on Dec. 17 charging the defendant 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.

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