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Deputies: Minor Arrested After 12,000 Files Of Child Porn Found On His Devices

BENTON COUNTY (KFSM) – Benton County deputies say more than 12,000 files of child pornography were found on devices belonging to a 17-year-old boy  from G...

BENTON COUNTY (KFSM) – Benton County deputies say more than 12,000 files of child pornography were found on devices belonging to a 17-year-old boy  from Gentry.

The suspect’s name is not being released due to being under the age of 18, authorities said.

On June 18, 2014, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office Cyber-Crime Division was conducting an online investigation for offenders sharing child porn, according to an arrest report. Authorities eventually tracked a device belonging to the 17-year-old Gentry boy.

A search warrant was obtained for the home of the boy (he still lived with his parents), and authorities confronted him on Aug. 28, 2014, according to an arrest report.

The boy confirmed he was skilled with computers, and a number of devices were seized from him, authorities said.

Investigators conducted a forensic investigation on the seized devices and found 12,424 child porn files, the arrest report states.

An arrest warrant was issued for the boy on Thursday (April 23), and authorities took him into custody not long after.

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