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Cantonment Man Enters Not Guilty Plea On Child Porn Charges
June 27, 2009
A Cantonment man who was arrested earlier this month on charges of possessing and promoting child pornography — including images with children as young as two — has entered a not guilty plea in Escambia County Circuit Court.
Michael James Whaley of Trailwood Drive in Cantonment was taken into custody by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit and the U.S. Marshall Service’s Fugitive Task Force on June 3. He remains free on $12,000 bond set by Circuit Court Judge Joel Boles.
Whaley has entered the not guilty plea and waived arraignment. He is scheduled to appear in court again in September for a jury trial.
A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Cyber TipLine indicated Whaley, 34, had placed images of child pornography on a photo-sharing website. Investigators executed a search warrant at Whaley’s home in May and seized four computers as well as over 200 CDs and DVDs. Whaley admitted to possessing and uploading the images found on the photo-sharing site, some of which were of children no older than two years of age, according to the AG’s office. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the execution of the search warrant.
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2 Responses to “Cantonment Man Enters Not Guilty Plea On Child Porn Charges”
you said it, I agree with it, addie
i want to see the headline that reads “scumbags(s) arrested for producing child pornography”. these creeps that distribute it deserve the most severe punishment, but what about those that exploit the children and create it and then market it. i want those NASTY LOW LIFES arrested, then buried where they never see the light of day.