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July 23, 2005
Penn Twp. man faces child porn charges
Police accuse him of supplying child pornography to Internet groups.
A tipster used the national Child Pornography Tipline to alert York County detectives of a man accused of supplying child pornography to Internet groups.
York County Detective Jeffrey Martz of the Child Abuse Unit learned from the Yahoo legal department that the images portrayed children who looked younger than 18 in sexually explicit poses.
An affidavit for the arrest of 47-year-old Edward John McKay of the 2900 block of Black Rock Road in Penn Township in District Justice James Miner’s office provides the following details:
A court order led Yahoo to identify McKay as the subscriber uploading child porn to two Yahoo groups.
Microsoft also responded to a court order by identifying McKay as the person supplying similar images to a MSN group.
During the execution of a search warrant June 30 at McKay’s home, court papers state, McKay initially denied ever viewing child pornography on his computer. Martz read McKay his rights and told him he would check the computer tower’s hard drive for the presence of child pornography. At that point, court documents allege, McKay recanted and said he had used the computer to look at child porn.
A July 8 forensic examination on the computer yielded “a substantial number” of images of children younger than 18 performing sexual acts.
The photos had not been taken of local children, Martz said. They were photos McKay found on the Internet that he shared with others with similar interests, police said.
Before dawn Friday, a duty district justice arraigned McKay on 29 felony counts of sexual abuse of children.
McKay and his wife have lived 10 years at their current address. The comptroller of the Woodholme Country Club in Pikesville, Md., confirmed McKay is an employee.
He remained in the York County Prison Friday in lieu of $20,000 bail.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, whose tipline helped lead to McKay’s arrest, promotes safety for children through literature, games, and education of parents, and police through training programs.
ONLINE EXPLOITATION
· It is a federal offense to use a misleading domain name on the Internet that deceives a child into viewing harmful material.
· One in five children 10 to 17 years old receives sexual solicitations online.
· Use the national Child Pornography Tipline 1-800-843-5678 or cybertipline.com to report child sexual exploitation including pornographic images of children, online enticement of children for sex acts, online molestation of children, and unsolicited obscene material sent to a child. The congressionally-mandated cybertipline functions around the clock.
· For interactive games that teach kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet, visit netsmartz.org
Posted by Nealus at July 23, 2005 03:46 PM
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