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2006/12/01 21:11 |
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:51:56 -0700, dshhkllksam <dshmff@anyf.kcb>
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>September 21, 2006
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>Area Little League coach arrested on child pornography charges
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>FRESNO - A longtime area Little League baseball coach is expected to
>make his initial appearance in federal court here tomorrow morning on
>a criminal complaint charging him with possessing and receiving child
>pornography over the Internet.
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>Bradly Nelson, 46, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and
>Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and deputies from the Fresno County
>Sheriff's Department at his Sanger home early this morning. Officers
>from the Sanger Police Department also assisted with the arrest.
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>ICE and the Fresno County Sheriff's Department began investigating
>Nelson, who has been a Little League baseball coach in the Sanger area
>for more than two decades, at the request of the Sanger Police
>Department. The affidavit filed in the case states that the Sanger
>Police Department contacted ICE after receiving allegations that the
>coach previously molested two of his underage players and showed one
>of them child pornography. Local authorities are continuing to
>investigate the molestation allegations.
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>After being interviewed by ICE agents in July, Nelson consented to
>have his computer hard drive examined using forensic analysis. That
>analysis revealed numerous images of child pornography, including
>depictions of prepubescent boys and girls engaging in sexually
>explicit activity. According to the affidavit, forensics experts also
>determined that Nelson had recently used the computer to search the
>Internet for child pornography.
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>"This case is particularly troubling because of the suspect's
>longstanding contact with young people," said Scott Brown, the
>resident agent in charge of the ICE office of investigations in
>Fresno. "ICE will continue to work closely with its local law
>enforcement partners to investigate those who prey upon and sexually
>exploit our children."
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>Because of the circumstances of the case, investigators are concerned
>there may be unidentified victims. ICE urges anyone who has
>information regarding this matter to contact the Sanger Police
>Department at (559) 875-8521.
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>If convicted on the two current counts, Nelson faces a maximum
>sentence of 30 years in prison.
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>The charges against Nelson are part of Operation Predator, an ongoing
>ICE initiative to identify, investigate, and arrest those who prey on
>children. Since ICE launched Operation Predator in July of 2003, the
>agency has arrested more than 8,200 sex offenders nationwide,
>including more than 2,000 in California.
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>Additional information about Operation Predator is available on the
>Web at www.ice.gov. ICE encourages the reporting of suspected child
>predators through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This
>hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators. Suspected child
>sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the
>National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation
>Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.
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>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was established in
>March 2003 as the largest investigative arm of the Department of
>Homeland Security. ICE is comprised of four integrated divisions that
>form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities
>for a number of key homeland security priorities.
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