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Convicted Sex Offender Arrested On Multiple Child Porn Charges After Raid
October 5, 2022
A convicted sex offender in Escambia County was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on multiple child pornography charges Tuesday.
FDLE charged 43-year old Gary Alan Grimm with five counts of promoting the sexual performance of a child and five counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, both felonies.
The investigation began in August when agents discovered a device sharing images of child sexual abuse material online. Investigators tracked the device’s IP address to a Pensacola residence shared by multiple registered sexual offenders.
Agents executed a search warrant at the residence Tuesday and located a device that contained child sexual abuse material in Grimm’s sleeping area. Another device, also containing child sexual abuse material, was discovered hidden inside a trash bag elsewhere in the home by K9 Maple, one of FDLE’s Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) canine officers.
Additional charges for other registered sex offenders living at the address may follow pending further forensic analysis of electronic devices seized at the residence, according to FDLE.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and Homeland Security Investigations assisted FDLE with executing the search warrant.
Grimm was booked into the Escambia County Jail and ordered held without bond pending first appearance. The case will be prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office, First Judicial Circuit
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11 Responses to “Convicted Sex Offender Arrested On Multiple Child Porn Charges After Raid”
Great job by the K-9 handler. All dogs have the ability to discriminate scents. It takes a great handler who is willing to commit the time and effort to train the dog to this level.
In the past there have been dogs that could smell everything from cancer to a certain type of fish. Again, the handler has to have the knowledge, skill and patience to train a dog to this level.
Way to go Maple!!
Wait dogs can sniff out electronics now? Amazing! Also let’s use him as a human test subject for new biological weapons.
These types of criminals need to be put away on the first offense when proven guilty.
Here’s an article we ran in 2020 about FDLE K9 Maple:
http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/meet-maple-k-9-cop-sniffing-out-computer-criminals
@JRow I’ve heard that only one out of fifty dogs in training have a strong enough sense of smell to sniff out the chemical compound that all devices that contain memory have…tri-something. Sorry I could not remember the chemical. Even most bomb sniffing dogs don’t detect it. Pretty cool that they can do those important things.
Most of the people who commit these crimes were victims of some kind of sexual perversion as children. That doesn’t lessen our reactions to these acts, but it certainly is a call to report any suspicions that a child might be at risk. Increasing funding for mental illness could be helpful, but won’t fix everything. Sadly, we have many broken people among us.
I’m unclear how a canine can be trained to detect an electronic device. Perhaps by the battery contents? Very impressive.
These kind of imps are straight from the abyss. They will never stop what they are doing. They should return to the depths from where they came from.
Thank you to the FDLE and K9 Maple for all the good things they do to keep us safe. God bless you all.
Seems like this one don’t get it !!! You don’t mess with children !!! Why can’t you understand this !!!! When convicted you will be sent to prison and ya got to know these people in prison don’t like what you did and will find you out quickly!!! Then it starts your life is over completely!!! Good bye !!!!
Burn him at the stake