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Printer FriendlyJacksonville Student Arrested for Exceptionally Graphic Child Pornography
~ Protecting Florida’s children is top priority for Attorney General McCollum ~
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the arrest of a Duval County man on multiple charges of possession of child pornography and promoting the sexual performance of a child. Investigators discovered Christopher Piasecki’s distribution and promotion of pornographic videos of children during an undercover online investigation.
"Child pornography is a collection of crime scene photos documenting the abuse of our youngest and most vulnerable citizens," said McCollum. "These photographs victimize their subjects again and again each time they are traded or viewed. We are working diligently to stop these sick individuals from operating in our state."
Piasecki, 20, placed pornographic videos on the internet, where they were discovered by a CyberCrime investigator who was able to trace the images back to Piasecki. A search warrant was then executed at Piasecki’s Jacksonville residence and his computer was seized, along with more than 25 videos of child pornography. Piasecki was arrested by officers with the Attorney General’s Child Predator CyberCrime Unit and authorities with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Law enforcement officers executing the search warrant verified that Piasecki’s computer contained multiple videos of child pornography, and he admitted that he knowingly possessed the pornography found on his computer. Many of the images were of babies and were explicit and graphic in nature. The computer and other equipment removed from the residence will undergo further forensic analysis to possibly locate additional pornographic images or movies of children. Piasekci, of Illinois, is a student at a local university.
McCollum noted that the images found on Piasecki’s computer are the type of images targeted by a new bill before the Florida Legislature. The legislation, which received unanimous support from the Florida House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, increases penalties for possession of images like those discovered at Piasecki’s residence, including images of young children or babies and images portraying cruelty or bondage with a child.
Piasecki is currently being held at the Duval County Jail. He is charged with one count of promoting the sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony, and two counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony. If convicted on all charges he faces up to 25 years in prison.
Today over 77 million American children regularly use the Internet and sadly, statistics on crimes related to child pornography are on the rise. According to the Federal Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Florida ranks third in the nation in volume of child pornography. Nationally, one in seven children between the ages of ten and 17 has been solicited online by a sexual predator. The Child Predator CyberCrime Unit's mission is to protect children from computer-facilitated sexual exploitation. The unit accomplishes this by working cooperatively with statewide law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to provide resources and expertise. Additionally, the unit works to prevent the spread of these crimes through education and community awareness. Piasecki’s arrest is the 35th made by officers within the unit since its inception in October 2005. The CyberCrime Unit is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) of North Florida.