Providence, RI — Jordan Monroe, 50, of Warwick was ordered detained in federal custody on Friday following an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Providence on child pornography charges after federal, state and local police found tens of thousands of images and videos on computers at his home.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, assisted by members of the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Warwick Police Department, executed a search warrant at Monroe’s home on Friday, finding the child pornography videos and images on six computers there. Three of the computers were internet servers, according to a release from United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha’s office.
The team arrested Monroe, charging him in a federal criminal complaint with receiving and distributing child pornography, and possessing and accessing with intent to view child pornography.
The agents and officers seized six computers, three which act as servers. A brief forensic review of the contents of four of the computers by HSI and ICAC agents with expertise in forensic computer examinations revealed the massive collection of computer files containing images and videos of child pornography, according to the release.
A forensically trained HSI agent advised investigators that he saw tens of thousands of files with names consistent with child pornography that he has seen in other investigations in his experience, according to the Neronha’s office.
According to court documents and information presented to the court, a nationwide investigation launched in September 2015 by HSI’s Cyber Crimes Center Child Exploitations Unit and the Department of Justice, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, High Technology Investigative Unit has identified Internet billboards allegedly used for posting, sharing and viewing child pornography.
Officials allege that numerous IP addresses in the United States and outside the country have been identified as allegedly viewing and sharing child pornography on the billboards. It is alleged that one such IP address was identified as belonging to a person at Monroe’s residence.
Author: Rob Borkowski
Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.
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