Federal prosecutors say an EMT from Salem was a member of about 100 on-line discussion groups sharing baby pornography.
Connor McAuliffe, 34, was charged in federal courtroom in Boston Wednesday with one rely every of receipt of kid pornography and possession of kid pornography. Each expenses carry a most sentence of 20 years in jail and a positive of as much as $250,000.
Justice of the Peace Choose Jennifer C. Boal ordered McAuliffe held pending a full detention listening to scheduled for Tuesday.
McAuliffe’s expenses stem from a global investigation performed by the Homeland Safety Investigations and South African Police Service.
In that investigation, detectives used the account of a South African nationwide arrested on baby pornography expenses to achieve entry to greater than 75,000 teams on phone-based encrypted chat companies that have been actively sharing baby pornography, in keeping with an affidavit by an HSI particular agent.
Investigators say that they tied an account energetic on various these teams to McAuliffe. They then searched his dwelling in Salem throughout which they seized his cellphone and allegedly discovered chat functions linked to various teams sharing baby pornography.
In accordance with the affidavit, McAuliffe was energetic in about 100 encrypted chats with names like “Boys Planet,” “Boys of Eden,” “boys video,” “10 to 16 years hot boys,” and “Chicos ninos y adolescentes cp,” which interprets to “Boys, children and adolescents CP.”
Investigators say McAuliffe not solely seen the kid pornography within the discussion groups, however actively archived it, along with his cellphone allegedly containing some 1,500 pictures and 50 movies of illicit supplies. Descriptions within the affidavit of a few of the recordsdata point out they depict prepubescent boys each solo and being raped by males.
3 charged with pushing meth, fentanyl within the metropolis
The Boston Police Division arrested three males in East Boston they are saying have been dealing methamphetamine and fentanyl within the metropolis.
Kyle Terrill, 34, of Roxbury; Brian Albrecht, 34, of Boston; and Stephen Linnane, 47, of Boston, every face varied drug-related offenses.
Terrill was the preliminary goal of a search warrant executed at 63 Chelsea St. in East Boston, however police say he was seen exiting the constructing with the opposite two.
Police say that after they arrested Terrill they discovered inside his backpack a “large plastic bag” containing 153 grams of methamphetamine, one other plastic bag containing 40 grams of fentanyl, and a stun gun.
Police say they then searched the others and located medicine on them as effectively.
Murder sufferer recognized
Police say that Tanahj Takeem Thompson-Hinnant, 23, of Roxbury, was shot to loss of life simply earlier than midnight Sunday within the 200-block of Dudley Avenue.
Police say that Thompson-Hinnant’s loss of life is an energetic murder investigation and are asking for neighborhood assist. Those that wish to present info can achieve this by calling murder detectives at 617-343-4470 or submit info anonymously by way of the CrimeStoppers tipline by calling 1-800-494-TIPS (8477), by texting the phrase “TIP” to CRIME (27463) or by submitting a tip by way of the portal at Police.Boston.gov/CrimeStoppers/.
Struck cyclists
The BPD says two pedestrians struck in metropolis site visitors in separate incidents Wednesday suffered life-threatening accidents.
The primary was struck by an digital bike at round 11:18 a.m. across the intersection of Huntington and Dartmouth streets within the Again Bay neighborhood, in keeping with a BPD assertion.
The second was struck by a motorized vehicle at Humboldt and Seaver streets in Roxbury.
Each occasions have been listed as energetic investigations by 5:30 p.m.
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