WAYNESBORO — A Waynesboro juvenile is going through a toddler pornography cost after allegedly utilizing a college e-mail and laptop computer to entry the unlawful photographs earlier this college yr.
An affidavit to a search warrant exhibits that the Southern Virginia Web Crimes Towards Kids Job Pressure notified the Waynesboro Police Division in September regarding potential baby pornography distribution, stating a Waynesboro Public Faculties e-mail was reportedly used to create a web-based Tik Tok account to distribute the photographs, the court docket doc stated.
The photographs confirmed youngsters between 2 and 16 years outdated.
A search warrant was served on the college system and the suspect was recognized as a pupil at Kate Collins Center Faculty on the time. Police spoke with the assistant principal and had been informed the college “just lately had a problem with (the juvenile) viewing baby pornography on a school-issued laptop computer,” in line with the affidavit. It is not clear if the coed was faraway from the college following the incident.
When interviewed by police, the juvenile took accountability however could not give a motive for reportedly having the kid porn, the affidavit stated.
The coed’s cellphone was allegedly discovered storing “a number of photographs” in Google Images, the affidavit stated. A search warrant was obtained and police seized an unspecified quantity of digital photographs.
Waynesboro Public Faculties Assistant Superintendent Ryan Barber, citing the Household Instructional Rights and Privateness Act, stated he couldn’t reply questions regarding the juvenile.
The Waynesboro Police Division stated the alleged exercise by the juvenile came about between Might 1 and Sept. 9, in line with data despatched by Capt. Jamie Dunn, a police spokesperson. Dunn stated detectives situated photographs allegedly exhibiting juveniles engaged in intercourse acts.
Police obtained one felony petition towards the juvenile for possession of kid pornography.
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