Photos: Twenty faces of accused child-porn fans

Michael Parish.

Alamosa Police Department: On 4/30/10, the Alamosa Police Department arrested 22 year old Michael Vernon Parish for Sexual Exploitation of Children-F4 (possession of Child Porn). Alamosa Police Department received a report from a concerned citizen when she found files in the recycle bin of her computer with file names that indicated child pornography. APD interviewed suspects who had access to the computer. Michael Parish (the reporting party's cousin) was staying with the Reporting Party on a temporary basis. Michael Parish was arrested after being interviewed at APD. During a consent preview of the computer, 15 images and 6 videos of child pornography were located.

Houston Brandon.

Park County Sheriff's Office/Colorado Springs Police Department: The Park County Sheriff's Office began a peer to peer file sharing investigation in January of 2010 which led to the arrest of 23 year old Houston Brandon of Monument, Colorado on 04/06/10. The case was referred to the Colorado Springs Police Department ICAC unit who obtained a search warrant for Mr. Brandon's residence. That warrant was executed with the assistance of Monument Police Department and ICE. Mr. Brandon admitted exclusive use a computer system in the residence upon which several child pornography files were located along with file sharing software. Mr. Brandon was arrested on that date and charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children.

Michael Shaw.

Garfield, Eagle & Park County Sheriff's Offices: On March 27, 2010, 22 year old Michael Bruce Shaw of Glenwood Springs was arrested by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office for Sexual Exploitation of Children. The arrest stemmed from a child pornography investigation conducted jointly by the Sheriff's Offices in Garfield, Eagle and Park Counties. The Garfield County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at Shaw's residence and seized his computer. Further investigation revealed that Shaw had been sending and receiving images of child pornography on the internet.

Robert Machen.

Colorado Springs Police Department: On 03/18/10, 32 year old Robert Machen was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Colorado Springs Police Department for Sexual Exploitation of Children. In September 2009, the FBI began an investigation into the distribution of child pornography via peer-to-peer networks. The FBI downloaded several images of child pornography from a suspect in Colorado Springs. Further follow up revealed that the suspect was Machen. A search warrant was executed at Machen's residence during which computers were seized. Machen was found to be in possession of more than 700 images of child pornography.

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