Binders of Child Porn Discovered in Dumpster by Homeless Duo Leads Man to Admit to Molesting Dozens of Children: Police

The 63-year-old man reportedly admitted to only ever having sexual encounters with children

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Two homeless individuals discovered binders of child pornography while searching through a dumpster. This is a representational image. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

A homeless duo unknowingly led police to arrest a 63-year-old Seattle man who would later admit to molesting more than 50 children after discovering binders of child pornography while dumpster diving.

On March 3, a homeless duo contacted police after they found 14 "meticulously catalogued" binders of child pornography printed from a computer inside a dumpster. Police then questioned Arthur Charles Rickard after they reportedly found his name on several pieces of loose paper, including a doctor's note, FOX 13 Seattle reported.

Police searched his home on March 21 and allegedly found additional child sex abuse images on his computer and in boxes around his home. The 63-year-old man was then arrested.

In addition to admitting the binders belonged to him, Rickard reportedly told law enforcement he molested "approximately 50 children" before he was arrested in 1983 but added that he had "not molested any other children since then."

Rickard also told police that "all of his sexual contact he had in his life was with children," according to FOX 13 Seattle.

The suspect was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree possession of child pornography. He is currently being held on $50,000 bail.

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Child abuse, Child pornography, Seattle, Washington

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