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Agents at Orlando International Airport in Florida say they caught a man with child pornography on his cellphone as he was getting off a flight from Jamaica.
A criminal complaint filed on Wednesday said, when asked about the two videos on his phone, Anthony Carl Spence allegedly told investigators that he had shown one to a class of Jamaican school children in order to determine whether any of them had ever been molested.
The complaint said Spence was getting off the plane Monday when he was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, who searched his phone. Investigators did not say what prompted the search.
Court documents said when the suspected child porn was found, officials at Orlando International Airport called Homeland Security agents, who took a more in-depth look at Mr. Spence’s phone. Mr. Spence claimed a girlfriend in New York had sent him one of the videos and the other he had forwarded to a relative as a warning that her child could be acting in a similar manner.
When asked about the incident involving the Jamaican school children, he told investigators that he was not employed by the school, but his nieces attended and he had got permission from a teacher to show students one of the videos.
Spence, who told agents he had five daughters, allegedly admitted sending the videos to a number of friends and relatives while in Jamaica, including women with children. Spence was arrested and charged in federal court with a count of possession of child pornography.
A criminal complaint filed on Wednesday said, when asked about the two videos on his phone, Anthony Carl Spence allegedly told investigators that he had shown one to a class of Jamaican school children in order to determine whether any of them had ever been molested.
The complaint said Spence was getting off the plane Monday when he was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, who searched his phone. Investigators did not say what prompted the search.
Court documents said when the suspected child porn was found, officials at Orlando International Airport called Homeland Security agents, who took a more in-depth look at Mr. Spence’s phone. Mr. Spence claimed a girlfriend in New York had sent him one of the videos and the other he had forwarded to a relative as a warning that her child could be acting in a similar manner.
When asked about the incident involving the Jamaican school children, he told investigators that he was not employed by the school, but his nieces attended and he had got permission from a teacher to show students one of the videos.
Spence, who told agents he had five daughters, allegedly admitted sending the videos to a number of friends and relatives while in Jamaica, including women with children. Spence was arrested and charged in federal court with a count of possession of child pornography.
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