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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A U.S. Army sergeant has been arrested successful transportation with the possession and organisation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) wrong Madera County, the sheriff's bureau said Tuesday.
The sheriff's office's investigations bureau, on with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), arrested 30-year-old James Allen Beavers, who is simply a sergeant successful the army.
30-year-old James Allen BeaversThe lawsuit began with an NCMEC cyber extremity generated successful December 2024. Deputies said aft respective months of investigation, including the execution of aggregate hunt warrants and the betterment of physics devices, detectives identified Beavers arsenic the superior suspect.
A 2nd cyber tip, according to the sheriff's office, originating from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office successful New Jersey, further connected Beavers to CSAM enactment besides committed successful Madera County.
Investigators determined Beavers engaged successful transgression behaviour portion helium visited Madera County. Beavers was deployed successful South Korea. Detectives coordinated with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division (CID), which assisted successful the investigation, and facilitated his instrumentality to the U.S.
On Aug. 23, members of the sheriff's bureau probe bureau and the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task unit took Beavers into custody astatine Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
Beavers was booked into the Madera County Jail, and deputies accidental helium is facing felony charges of possession of kid intersexual maltreatment material. His bail is acceptable astatine $100,000.
“This lawsuit is simply a beardown reminder that those who exploit oregon endanger children volition beryllium found, nary substance wherever they are,” said Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue.
Anyone with accusation related to this case, oregon who whitethorn cognize of imaginable victims, is urged to interaction MSCO Detective Andrade astatine 559-517-7997 oregon email MCSOTip@maderacounty.com.
YourCentralValley.com has reached retired to the U.S. Army, but hasn't heard back.
