ROCHESTER, Minn. – Three Rochester men, all accused of child pornography, apparently didn’t get the memo that law-enforcement tools now track downloads from peer-to-peer networks. The three arrests were unrelated except that, as investigators tell it, the three got were snared for P2P downloads and in case uploading. Arrested at their homes on warrants were:
Age 60. The tip came from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A computer in Young’s home contained “a plethora of image and video files with child sexual abuse material” of infants to children around 8, the criminal complaint said.
Scott Collett: Age 58. A Minneapolis police investigator discovered five suspicious files had been downloaded over 13-month period through September, showing boys as young as 8 engaged in sexual activity. the downloads were associated with Collett. According to the criminal complaint, he admitted accessing obscene videos of prepubescent boys.
Rithvik Hari: Age 26. Minneapolis police found downloads over a three-month this fall from a peer-to-peer network involving dozens of files depicting adults sexually abusing children between 8 and 14. The downloads were to Hari’s address, according to the criminal complaint.