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Molino Man Facing Additional Child Porn Charge; FDLE Says 140 Illegal Images Found On His Phone
June 5, 2019
A Molino man free that was free on bond awaiting trial in a 2018 child pornography case is now facing an additional child porn charge.
In 2018, Steven Ryan Godwin, now 37, was charged with 20 counts of possession of child pornography for images allegedly found on his cellphone. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail Tuesday on one count of transmitting child pornography stemming from the same investigation.
In August, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that a suspect was uploading child porn to another user on Facebook. Authorities were able to trace the uploads to a residence in the 3500 block of Highway 97 in Molino.
Agents obtained a search warrant that was served at Godwin’s residence in September 2018. When the occupants of the home were exiting, Godwin continued to reach towards his waistband before dropping a LG cell phone, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. The phone was seized and contained child pornography images featuring children under the age of 10, with multiple images including children younger than two years old, according to FDLE.
The transmitting child pornography charge Godwin was arrested for Tuesday is for a file he allegedly sent via Facebook Messenger in 2018. According to an arrest report, it depicted an exposed 11-13 year old nude female sitting against a wall.
Analysis of the phone included the image allegedly sent via Facebook Messenger and 140 child pornography images, the arrest report states.
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3 Responses to “Molino Man Facing Additional Child Porn Charge; FDLE Says 140 Illegal Images Found On His Phone”
Sickest of the sickest!
Photos of a child under 2 years old…for God’s sake – what is wrong with people??!!! Although I love my children to death….If I had to do it all over again, I would never bring a child into this sick twisted world we live in today. This is everyday news right here.Come on down to my end of Hwy 97 we’ll fix you right up there buddy!
>>Why didn’t he have to register as a sex offender?
“awaiting trial”
Why didn’t he have to register as a sex offender?