FL - Father and adult son charged with producing CSAM; son dies by suicide - 3/7/2024

[Clearsky]

'Santa' to face CSAM charges alone after co-defendant son dies by suicide as authorities closed in, police say

A Florida father and son are charged in a child pornography case, with James “Santa” Cox, 79, allegedly uploading abuse material online, while Henry Cox made such material in their home and at least one public restroom.

 

[borndem]

Grrrrr. Makes me so very angry. So glad they have been caught.
I guess some of these type persons just somehow can't live without such xxxx. Don't they know that the penalties can or may be tuff? (though not, dammit, tuff enuff, grrrr).
At least they (now "he") won't be doing this again for some amount of time -- assuming there will be a tuff penalty.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Feds arrest neighborhood “Santa” on CSAM charges, son kills himself before arrest

Federal agents they have been investigating James Cox and his son Henry since late 2023 for producing and uploading child pornography.

James Cox was arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges while they found Henry Cox shot himself in the head before the search warrant was executed this week.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Officials: St. Cloud father and son sexually abused neighborhood kids, created child pornography

The Orange County Medical Examiner confirmed to WESH 2 that they responded to a 'death call' at the home

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Detectives also discovered videos that appeared to have been secretly recorded, showing young children using the restroom and changing clothes. According to WESH, at least two of the victims appeared to be children who lived in the same neighborhood as Cox.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Officials: St. Cloud father and son sexually abused neighborhood kids, created CSAM

James Cox is in the Seminole County jail. St. Cloud police say Henry Cox was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the home on Tuesday.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Search for Inmates

www.seminolesheriff.org

Inmate Information​

Booking #: 202400001838
Name: JAMES COX
DOB: 06/18/1944
Arrested By: US Marshall Orlando Office
Arrest Date: 03/05/2024

 

[PayrollNerd]

Yeah, I'm not sure why none of them are clickable. But there's lots online in MSM.

He's not on the Seminole County court records yet. Probably tomorrow.

https://www.seminoleclerk.org/online-services/records-online/

 

[PayrollNerd]

'Santa' to face child porn charges alone after co-defendant son dies by suicide: Police

A father and son are charged in a child porn case, with James "Santa" Cox allegedly uploading abuse material, while Henry Cox made such material in their home and in at least one public restroom.

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According to federal documents, the investigation started when the St. Cloud Police Department received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on Nov. 15, 2023. An unknown person uploaded abusive material to Microsoft BingImage, they said.

Once again, a child under 11 y/o. Sigh.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Every time I post a link WS removes some of it because of the language used so then you can't get to the article. I've reported to a mod to see if they can be corrected.

 

[LadyL]

good riddance to Henry Cox
thanks for saving the taxpayers some money

 

[iamshadow21]

It really really bothers me that this guy's nickname is Santa. That breaks down a lot of shyness of strangers and mistrust in kids, having the beard, playing the role, even in civvies rather than a red suit. He wouldn't have to do much work to get access to them if he played that role well, they'd come to him.

MOO

 

[photoprose1122]

Feds arrest neighborhood “Santa” on CSAM charges, son kills himself before arrest

Federal agents they have been investigating James Cox and his son Henry since late 2023 for producing and uploading child *advertiser censored*.

James Cox was arrested Tuesday on child *advertiser censored* charges while they found Henry Cox shot himself in the head before the search warrant was executed this week.

Snipped from article:

Neighborhood children knew James Cox as “Santa” -- they said he dressed up like him year-round, approaching children.

Absolutely disgusting. I’m out on this one. They’re all disgusting but I don’t even want to think about how many Santas are pedophiles.

 

[PayrollNerd]

good riddance to Henry Cox
thanks for saving the taxpayers some money

Let's hope his 79 y/o sicko father dies in jail/prison as soon as possible. Save the taxpayers funds........

 

[LadyL]

Let's hope his 79 y/o sicko father dies in jail/prison as soon as possible. Save the taxpayers funds........

yes ITA

 

[certainprocedure]

Probable cause affidavit. It’s not sealed and I didn’t see anything that identifies any of the victims, so I think this is okay to post.

As with all documents in these cases, ***GRAPHIC WARNING*** there are detailed descriptions of CSAM.

Here’s hoping they lock Henry up for the rest of his life.

Source: PACER: Login

 

[Clearsky]

'Santa' to face child porn charges alone after co-defendant son dies by suicide: Police

A father and son are charged in a child porn case, with James "Santa" Cox allegedly uploading abuse material, while Henry Cox made such material in their home and in at least one public restroom.

tinyurl.com

According to federal documents, the investigation started when the St. Cloud Police Department received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on Nov. 15, 2023. An unknown person uploaded abusive material to Microsoft BingImage, they said.

Once again, a child under 11 y/o. Sigh.
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I guess it's good that they were not very intelligent. I would've expected them to have uploaded it to the Dark Net using Tor rather than a public image site.