August 21, 2004
Man faces federal charges of having child pornography on a cell phone
A Waterloo man faces federal charges of having child pornography on a cell phone, reports KTVOTV3.
"Prosecutors say it may be one of the first cases of its kind in Iowa.
Twenty-year-old Justin Van Dyke is charged with one count of possession of child pornography. According to the indictment filed this week, Van Dyke had child porn on his cell phone which had picture viewing and storing capabilities.
The charge carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine."
Related incidents around the world:
-- Canadian sentenced for posting pictures taken with cameraphone - A 20 year-old Canadian man was sentenced to 6 months in jail for posting pornographic pictures of his 17 year-old girlfriend on the Internet.
-- Picture Phones Used to Distribute School's Porn Pics - A disturbing case of distributing a school girl's pornographic images has surfaced in Ireland..the girl's picture was circulated to hundreds of mobile phones across the country.
-- Camera phone used to take illegal photos of children - A 20 year old Australian man is facing charges of indecent treatment of a child after he apparently took photographs of a young girl in a playground using his camera phone.
-- Hardcore Child Porn Peddled by Camera Phones - Picture messaging phones with images of children being abused have been found by the police in a raid in Central Scotland. The Scottish police were participating in «Operation Ore inquiry», an investigation into 7000 suspected paedophiles in the UK.
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