22-Year-Old Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges in Worcester

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Friday, September 04, 2015

GoLocalWorcester News Team

On Wednesday evening, members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) which include Worcester Police Detectives, Massachusetts State Police Computer Crimes Unit, FBI and Homeland Security searched an apartment on Sterling Street as part of a child pornography investigation.

Alexander Johnson, 22, 43 Sterling Street, Apartment 1, Worcester, was charged with Possession of Child Pornography.

According to the WPD, the ICAC Task Force initiated the investigation after the discovery of postings on a website. At Johnson's apartment, the task force investigators found and seized several computers and memory drives with files containing child pornography.

Johnson was interviewed by the investigators about the files and websites and was subsequently placed under arrest.

The ICAC Task Force was created to help Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies enhance their investigative responses to offenders who use the Internet, online communication systems, or computer technology to sexually exploit children.

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