Selfies of suspect found amid child porn collection on phone: Sheriff
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS 12) — A 19-year-old is accused of having images of child pornography on his phone.
Investigators say Jeromya Latrell Reed had more than 30 files of child pornography stored on his phone, and selfies that pointed deputies in his direction.
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the photos were stored on the social media app Snapchat. The graphic images included naked young girls and boys.
Deputies were made aware of the case after a Cyber Tip came from the Broward County Sheriff's Office South Florida ICAC Task Force on Feb. 1.
The cyber tip was reported by the chat application Snapchat in reference to one of the users who transmitted files that depicted images of "child sexual abuse material."
On March 16, 2023 a judge approved a search warrant at Reed's home.
Reed stated that the Snapchat account belonged to him, but that his friend had gotten into his account last year and sent out the material.
Reed claimed he received the link from his friend that contained child pornography and saved the material to show the principal of the school he works for. Reed was a teaching assistant at a school, the arrest report reads.
Reed denied being sexually attracted to children, the arrest report reads.
Reed was charged with 30 counts of possessing 10 or more files of child pornography.
