Lakeville man arrested for child pornography

FRITZ MAYER
Posted 8/22/18

HONESDALE, NY — A 20-year-old Lakeville man has been arrested and charged with 33 counts of sexual abuse of children related to possession of child pornography. According to Wayne County …

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Lakeville man arrested for child pornography

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HONESDALE, NY — A 20-year-old Lakeville man has been arrested and charged with 33 counts of sexual abuse of children related to possession of child pornography.

According to Wayne County District Attorney Patrick L. Robinson, Alexander Soto was arrested on August 15 after an investigation by the DA’s office.

Detectives received a report in August 2017 that a person using the name Alex Soto downloaded 16 files of apparent child pornography using dropbox.com, a cloud storage service. The files were downloaded between February and August in 2017. A second report came later, saying 14 more files were downloaded between August and November 2017.

The subsequent investigation revealed that one of the internet protocol (IP) addresses to access the site was registered to a person who lived on Purdytown Turnpike in Lakeville in Wayne County, and Soto was one of the residents at the address.

Officers served a search warrant at the address in May 2018, and also on cell phones that were seized from Soto. As a result of the search warrants, approximately 250 photographs and videos of suspected child pornography were discovered.

Soto was arrested and arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Carney on 33 counts of sexual abuse of children, which are third-degree felonies.

A preliminary hearing will be scheduled in the near future.

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