BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — A Centerton man has been arrested for allegedly distributing, possessing, and viewing child sex abuse material (CSAM).
Michael Olefsky, 39, was arrested by Rogers police on Aug. 6. He faces 12 counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing content depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.
Michael was believed to be associated with several local music organizations in the area. He was an independent contractor with Arkansas Music Conservatory and rented a studio from the organization. According to officials with Arkansas Music Conservatory, Michael's contract was terminated on Aug. 5, 2024.
Investigation
First tip
According to the probable cause affidavit, Kik Messenger reported a cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) where a user reportedly uploaded 27 files of CSAM between Dec. 22, 2022, and Dec. 25, 2022.
A detective with the Rogers Police Department (RPD) was assigned to investigate the tip on July 11, 2023. Kik provided investigators with the IP address and email linked to the messages in December.
After serving a subpoena to Cox Communications in relation to the IP address, investigators discovered it was allegedly linked to Michael and the email address trombonefsky@gmail.com. Through a subpoena into the email account linked to the Kik account — anonyhog@gmail.com — investigators found the name "Bilbo Bagels."
Second tip
On June 5, 2024, investigators with RPD were alerted of another cyber tip submitted by Kik on Dec. 10, 2023. This tip reported one message containing CSAM connected to the profile name "500547" and the email 500547@gmail.com. After issuing a subpoena to Cox Communications about the IP address connected to this tip, investigators discovered it was allegedly linked to Michael's wife, 37-year-old Kristine Olefsky.
The two IP addresses were connected to the same physical address in Centerton.
Search warrant
Police issued a search warrant for Michael's residence on July 19, 2024. Michael reportedly agreed to speak with detectives. He told detectives he lived at the residence with his wife.
In regards to his Wi-Fi, Kristine told detectives they paid for the internet and it was in their name. According to the affidavit, Michael said he did not think it was password protected and he said he did not know the passwords. Kristine reportedly told detectives it was password protected, Michael had the password, and he commonly used it to access the Internet on his devices.
"Michael mentioned in the interview that they have had to change routers a few times since they had moved into the apartment," the affidavit said.
Michael also said he commonly hosted fellow musicians at his home, while Kristine said they did not commonly have visitors at their residence.
When the first cyber tip was detected in December 2022, Kristine reportedly told detectives they did not have anybody over and did not go many places because she had been dealing with an ongoing medical condition since September 2022.
During December 2023, when the second cyber tip was detected, Kristine told detectives she was working 13-hour days and was always gone, so they didn't have any guests over.
With another search warrant, detectives recovered electronic devices from the residence. According to court documents, detectives found a cell phone used by Michael with the associated email accounts of anonyhog@gmail.com, tromboneefsky@gmail.com, and olefskymichael@gmail.com.
Court documents say anonyhog@gmail.com, which was reportedly linked to the first cyber tip, was connected to an OnlyFans with the username "Bilbo Bagels" on Michael's phone.
Detectives also reportedly found an email on his phone from Discord to anonyhog@gmail.com that was addressed to user "500547," which was the Kik username linked to the second cyber tip.
During their search, detectives also found three videos on Michael's phone that contained CSAM, as well as a video "which appeared to be the same video" from the second tip, according to the affidavit.
Michael was arrested on Aug. 6. The detective on the case recommended Michael be held on a $200,000 bond, but there is no bond listed on his booking on the Benton County Sheriff's Office's website.
His next court appearance is set for Sept. 16.
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