Sex offenses often go with child pornography. As this is the case of 69-year-old Sarasota man, Daniel L. Berry. The senior is a registered sex offender since 1988 while in Jackson, Oregon.
It came to the attention of authorities when Berry's internet account caught their attention continuously downloading information of child abuse material and later, child pornography. The FBI task force on Child Exploitation alerted agents of the Sarasota Police Department. The operatives swooped in Berry's house on Jan. 20, 2017.
The operatives read the warrant to search his home. To the detectives' surprise, he said with "this is about child pornography". The police confirmed that it was about child pornography. Berry then told them that the electronic drive that the detectives want is at his garage, Fox News reported.
The flash drive was there as what Berry told them. The electronic storage device has 114 child pornography video files and four images found in it. Police brought the sex offender to jail and s a $200,000 bail bond set on him.
The FBI Child Exploitation Task Force can monitor Sex offenders downloading Child pornography files and videos. The authorities could trace the internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the violators when they try to access the sites. Police are alerted once these criminals are located.
Detectives have on record of a man arrested three years ago also with the same charges in Sarasota. His name is Christopher McWatt. Authorities found forty files and images on the sex offenders' computer and storage devices. His bail was set $100,000. These files are then presented to the court as evidence to put them away, as reported in the Sarasota Patch.
Another case of Child Abuse and Pornography in Sarasota happened four years ago. Fourteen men involved in trying to arrange sex with children in Manatee County in Sarasota. The men languished in jail, as reported by ABC 7.
