FL - Somer Thompson, 7, Orange Park, 19 Oct 2009 #37

[Kimberlyd125]

WOW - if you go to News4Jax's website and type child porn in the search box, you would not believe the number of recent articles they have on there.

I'm looking for the big bust one. Still looking.

 

[houndstooth]

ITA with you.

You know there was a child porn bust in Florida not long ago I remember reading about. I'll try to find info on it.

I remember this too. It would seem when the original indictment against them was unsealed that his name would have been included if he were directly connected to the recent case. The warrent would have been issued stemming from a much larger case. It usually doesn't matter what thread gets pulled when somethings comes unravelled. So was he and is he being charged separately from any others involved who may have possessed this same photos and videos? How can we find out?

 

[Kimberlyd125]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4489807&page=1

This article is from March 2008. I thought there was a more recent one. I'm still looking.

Snipped:
An undercover operation in central Florida resulted in felony charges against 21 child pornography suspects and the recovery of more than 100,000 sexual images and 200 videos of children as young as a month old.

 

[BeanE]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4489807&page=1

This article is from March 2008. I thought there was a more recent one. I'm still looking.

Snipped:
An undercover operation in central Florida resulted in felony charges against 21 child pornography suspects and the recovery of more than 100,000 sexual images and 200 videos of children as young as a month old.

Statewide sting. 77 people arrested. June 2009:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/mostpopular/news-article.aspx?storyid=139523&provider=top

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Statewide sting. 77 people arrested. June 2009:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/mostpopular/news-article.aspx?storyid=139523&provider=top

Thanks BeanE...that's the one I was looking for.

 

[BeanE]

Florida ranks third in the nation for the number of child porn images being promoted and distributed

http://myfloridalegal.com/webfiles.nsf/WF/MRAY-6ZQQW5/$file/MaureenInterview.pdf

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I'm scared to ask who ranks 1st and 2nd.

ETA: While researching Shaniya's case, I found out Baton Rouge was in the top 10 cities for child trafficking. I've never heard of it before and I'm like 20 minutes from Baton Rouge.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I wonder how many of those 77 freaks are still behind bars?
I wonder how many of them got out of jail with a hand slap and an order to "register".

And we wonder why our children are killed and thrown away like trash.

 

[houndstooth]

Wow the one guy had 80,000 images of child porn on his computer! I guess most would probably have had hundreds if not thousands too. For as long as JH was said to be a collector it does seem strange he only had 29 pic and videos. That almost has me leaning towards the "he could have been framed" crowd. I can't wait to hear more about this because I agree, with more info come more questions than answers.

Although if he was legitimately in possession of even one, he should go to prison. JMO.
But, if he only bought this stuff, I want the guys who sold it and who filmed/photographed in adjoining cells, too. If there are no pending cases against them I want to know why.

 

[dizzylou]

These facts are frightening! I was born and raised here and didn't know that we are rated 3rd!!!!

 

[Dee10]

This is frightening:

Child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry and among the fastest growing criminal segments on the internet.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Producers of child pornography try to avoid prosecution by distributing their material across national borders, though this issue is increasingly being addressed with regular arrests of suspects from a number of countries occurring over the last few years.[12][14] NCMEC claims that around 20 % of all pornography contains children.[21]

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography[/ame]

 

[Kimberlyd125]

OMG 20% of all porn is child porn????
That is scarey.

Our poor poor children.

There is so much evil in this world.

 

[houndstooth]

The question I have about the roomies who stated they "caught" him looking at the stuff earlier chose not to call police right then. They seemed to have thought stealing an Ipod a worse offense than looking at child porn? Because they waited until it had been in their hands alone for a whole week before alerting anyone also seems suspect and no wonder they were investigated at first. Because it doesn't see logical at all.

And did they or anyone else ever say that JH was taken in for questioning at any time since Aug? Other than when he was asked to give a DNA swab in the Dec/Jan timeframe.
At which time the investigation into the porn charges had been completed. Yet he was not arrested at that time to prevent him leaving the state? We do not hear that he was asked not to leave at the time. But, by doing so it makes it the case even more high profile by involving two governors exercising state extradition orders that appear to have been unnecessary. What am I missing here?

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I find this hard to believe:

Statistics show about 48.66% of men over the age of 35 and 22.69% of women over 35 in the US watch child porn daily. On the other hand, approximately 8.87% of males under 18 and 3.93% of females under 18 in the US watch it daily.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Child_porn

I also find that very hard to believe. If that is the case, there is no hope for this world. IMO

 

[pingpong]

There are many things that don't add up.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

The question I have about the roomies who stated they "caught" him looking at the stuff earlier chose not to call police right then. They seemed to have thought stealing an Ipod a worse offense than looking at child porn? Because they waited until it had been in their hands alone for a whole week before alerting anyone also seems suspect and no wonder they were investigated at first. Because it doesn't see logical at all.

And did they or anyone else ever say that JH was taken in for questioning at any time since Aug? Other than when he was asked to give a DNA swab in the Dec/Jan timeframe.
At which time the investigation into the porn charges had been completed. Yet he was not arrested at that time to prevent him leaving the state? We do not hear that he was asked not to leave at the time. But, by doing so it makes it the case even more high profile by involving two governors exercising state extradition orders that appear to have been unnecessary. What am I missing here?

Maybe they have evidence on him regarding Somer's murder but are not ready to charge due to the whole speedy trial thing.
So, they are useing what will get him behind bars and back in Florida until they are ready.

I have no doubt that he likes child porn from his step dad's statement and the roomates statements, and now 29 charges.

But, I think they have been watching him for a while waiting on test results.

IDK

 

[dar107]

Wow the one guy had 80,000 images of child porn on his computer! I guess most would probably have had hundreds if not thousands too. For as long as JH was said to be a collector it does seem strange he only had 29 pic and videos. That almost has me leaning towards the "he could have been framed" crowd. I can't wait to hear more about this because I agree, with more info come more questions than answers.

Although if he was legitimately in possession of even one, he should go to prison. JMO.
But, if he only bought this stuff, I want the guys who sold it and who filmed/photographed in adjoining cells, too. If there are no pending cases against them I want to know why.

I would hope and pray that every time this material is found, LE documents and tries to find anyone that has ties, like where did he download it from, other people sharing his files. etc. I do believe that LE around the world shares a database and info with each other, using face detection as well so they can get leads as to where a particular child may be located. I think that some of these poor children are used repeatedly. I recall a case where LE posted a picture and blocked out the child's face. People recognized the background of the room she was in as a hotel, IIRC police went from that tip and in the end rescued this little girl, who was in the custody of her step father. he was molesting her and allowing others to as well and posting it all on the net. I hope they are investigating any connections and all avenues to JH;s collection. Maybe we just are not hearing about because the bigger story is his POI status.

BTW... This sites has some info on Child Pornography stats, and you can also light a candle in name of the fight to end the availability of it on the internet:

http://www.lightamillioncandles.com/

 

[Dee10]

The question I have about the roomies who stated they "caught" him looking at the stuff earlier chose not to call police right then. They seemed to have thought stealing an Ipod a worse offense than looking at child porn? Because they waited until it had been in their hands alone for a whole week before alerting anyone also seems suspect and no wonder they were investigated at first. Because it doesn't see logical at all.

And did they or anyone else ever say that JH was taken in for questioning at any time since Aug? Other than when he was asked to give a DNA swab in the Dec/Jan timeframe.
At which time the investigation into the porn charges had been completed. Yet he was not arrested at that time to prevent him leaving the state? We do not hear that he was asked not to leave at the time. But, by doing so it makes it the case even more high profile by involving two governors exercising state extradition orders that appear to have been unnecessary. What am I missing here?

I believe there was an article or two that did state had LE talked to him early on in the investigation. Sorry I don't have a link. Good points BTW.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

There are many things that don't add up.

IMO LE knows a lot of info they are not sharing with us.
This could be why so many things don't seem to add up to us.

 

[houndstooth]

Maybe they have evidence on him regarding Somer's murder but are not ready to charge due to the whole speedy trial thing.
So, they are useing what will get him behind bars and back in Florida until they are ready.

I have no doubt that he likes child porn from his step dad's statement and the roomates statements, and now 29 charges.

But, I think they have been watching him for a while waiting on test results.

IDK

What I am saying is, the child porn charges would have been more than enough to hold him if you were working on evidence that he was a person you wished to speak to or charge in the Somer Thompson murder!

But, they did not charge him, only asked for a swab?! They had him then. They didn't charge him with the porn! They LET him leave. Why? Just so they could go through a circus of two state extraditions? I don't get it at all.

ETA: Unless you thought your case was weak and it makes him LOOK guilty by having to go after him in another state. But, if he's the dangerous criminal you say his is why chance it?