A 61 year old Vandalia man was arrested on multiple counts of child pornography on Thursday, following a search warrant being executed in rural Vandalia. 61 year old Emanuel D. Prater of Vandalia was arrested on multiple counts of Dissemination of Child Pornography—which is a Class X Felony– and Possession of Child Pornography—which is a Class 2 Felony. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department says the Sheriff’s Department, Vandalia Police Department and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office with help from the Fayette County States Attorney’s Office served the search warrant and made the arrest. Prater is being held in the Fayette County Jail.