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Attorney General Charlie Crist Press Release
Printer FriendlyTallahassee Man Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Charlie Crist today announced that a Leon County man was arrested last night on multiple charges of possession of child pornography. Investigators with Crist’s Child Predator CyberCrime Unit discovered John Edward O’Reilly, Jr.’s collection of pornographic images of children during an undercover online investigation.
O’Reilly, 24, placed pornographic images on the internet, where they were discovered by a CyberCrime investigator who was able to trace them back to O’Reilly. A search warrant was executed at O’Reilly’s Tallahassee residence yesterday and his computer was seized, along with numerous images and videos of child pornography. O’Reilly was arrested by officers with Crist’s CyberCrime Unit, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
"Every time an image of child pornography is viewed or sent to another person, the heinous exploitation of the victim is repeated," said Crist. "Nothing is more important than keeping our children safe."
Law enforcement officers executing the search warrant verified that O’Reilly’s computer contained images and videos of child pornography. O’Reilly admitted that he knowingly possessed the pornography found on his computer. The computer removed from the residence will undergo further forensic analysis to locate possible additional pornographic images or videos of children. The images and videos found during the search warrant appeared to be of children as young as five or six years old and were of a graphic sexual nature.
O’Reilly is currently being held at the Leon County Jail. He is charged with one count of promoting the sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony, and six counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony. If convicted on all charges, he faces up to 45 years in prison.
The Child Predator CyberCrime Unit's mission is to protect children from computer-facilitated sexual exploitation. The unit does this by working cooperatively on a statewide basis with law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to provide resources and expertise, while preventing the spread of these crimes through education and community awareness. O’Reilly’s arrest is the 28th made by officers with the unit in the one year since it was created. The CyberCrime Unit is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) of North Florida.