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Multiple Cybertips Lead to Arrest of Child Pornography Suspect
Between January and August 2011, the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children (NCMEC) received five reports on its CyberTipline from
two Electronic Service Providers (ESPs) regarding incidents of possible
child pornography uploaded to their servers. In accordance with federal
law, the ESPs provided incident information, including an e-mail address,
screen name and an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Analysts in NCMEC’s Exploited Children Division looked up the
reported IP address and discovered key geographic information, leading
them to believe the suspect may live in Fremont, NE. They then conducted
online searches of the suspect’s e-mail address and located a possible
name, age and images of an adult male. Locations detailed on the profiles
appeared to substantiate the Fremont location. Analysts then used a public
records database to corroborate the information they obtained through
online searches. Their search provided them with a possible home address
in Fremont. All of the CyberTipline reports were forwarded to the Nebraska
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, an OJJDP-funded program,
operated out of the Nebraska State Patrol.
Investigators from the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office obtained
the CyberTipline reports from the ICAC Task Force and secured a search
a warrant for the suspect’s home. When officers responded to the
home in June of 2011, they found a computer containing numerous images
of boys engaged in sexual acts. The suspect’s hard drive was also
confiscated for further analysis.
In February of 2012, the 20-year-old suspect was arrested and charged
with four counts of possession of visual depiction of sexually explicit
conduct.
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