Cantonment Man Arrested On 20 Child Porn Counts, Previously Charged With Luring An Underage Girl For Sex

May 14, 2020

A Cantonment man arrested last month on multiple felony charges after allegedly luring and trying to meet an underage girl for sex is now facing additional child pornography charges. Authorities said he possessed nearly 450 images depicting a wide range of child pornography.

Christopher James McElveen, Sr., age 40 of 801 Cedar Tree Lane, was charged this week with 20 felony counts of possession of child pornography. Last month, he was charged with luring or enticing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct, traveling to meet a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and the unlawful use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.

The nearly 397 child pornography images found on his computer depicted children as young as infants engaged in various sexual activities, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s  Office, and an additional 47 child porn images were located on a USB drive.

Using the profile name “Chris McElveen” on a commonly used social media platform, McElveen initiated contact on March 23 with an undercover investigator posing as girl under the age of 13, according to an arrest report.  The social media site was not named by authorities.

The investigator informed McElveen several times that his online persona was an underage girl. McElveen stated “I would prefer younger but its all good” and he initiated sexual conversation. His chats included statements that included “Im okay with you”, “age and all” and comments that he has previously engaged in sexual contact with a seven-year old girl, the report states.

“McElveen sent several messages of his sexual intent, he began inquiring about if my parents we at home or at work and expressed wanting to meet. McElveen advised that he wished to get a hotel room for a few hours with the underage female, and once again named the sexual acts he wished to perform with the underage female,” the investigator wrote.

A meeting location was established on Thursday, April 2, and McElveen drove his gold GMC van to the location and sent a message to the undercover social media profile which stated “Im parked on the side”. He was taken into custody without incident, and a search warrant was executed at his residence at 801 Cedar Tree Lane. His cellular phone was seized as evidence pending an additional search warrant.

McElveen’s statements to investigators were redacted from the arrest reports.

Comments

9 Responses to “Cantonment Man Arrested On 20 Child Porn Counts, Previously Charged With Luring An Underage Girl For Sex”

  1. Red Dawn on May 15th, 2020 9:31 am

    Why are we wasting money on feeding them, clothing them, housing them,etc…? All of this catching and releasing.Let’s catch them and run them through the backwoods. Save alot of money and time.

  2. Csquared on May 15th, 2020 12:41 am

    If some of you think Cantonment is the only locale with a problem….think again. These predators are everywhere. At least here we are exposing them and getting them off the streets. What are the rest of you doing?

  3. Bob on May 14th, 2020 1:54 pm

    I have a question…
    397 images of child porn on a computer
    047 images of child porn on a USB drive
    444 images of child porn in total

    Should they charge him with 444 felonies???

    Once he is found guilty he should face a firing squad.

  4. Good grief on May 14th, 2020 9:41 am

    I’ll never understand how abuse of this nature isn’t an automatic death sentence. Why do we keep letting these young, innocent people (who look to us for protection) DOWN! Put these perverts out of everyone’s misery. NO SECOND CHANCES!!!!!

  5. North End on May 14th, 2020 9:14 am

    Another case from Cantonement area….. Something in the water there?

  6. sam on May 14th, 2020 7:27 am

    what is going on in cantonment? seems like thieves, dopers, and perverts are running amuck in that area.

  7. Tc on May 14th, 2020 7:07 am

    This guy needs death ! One who looks at a child in a sexual way cannot be rehabilitated. So many of these twisted individuals getting caught lately that it’s down right scary

  8. JTV on May 14th, 2020 6:48 am

    Looks like law enforcement is cracking down on these parasitic waste of life. I hope the weakling prosecutors and judges go for maximums and no plea bargains.

  9. Matchbox on May 14th, 2020 4:38 am

    Hang him ..until he dies a slow death and not by his neck..there us no saving these types of animals…

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