A Neosho man who was charged today with distributing child pornography admitted his crimes to law enforcement and also admitted he is in the United States illegally.
According to an affidavit filed today in U S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Fernando Hugo Alvarez, in an interview conducted with an interpreter, said he had been downloading and sharing child pornography for three years:
On August 21, 2014, Affiant conducted a post-Miranda interview with Alvarez, utilizing Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Raul Zamora as an interpreter, as Alvarez was not fluent in English. Alvarez admitted to downloading multiple child pornography video files using the Ares File Sharing program.
Alvarez stated that he has been downloading and viewing the child pornography files for the past three years. He stated in the past two weeks he has viewed child pornography no more than ten times. Alvarez stated he saved some of the video files on a red and black thumb drive. Officers searching the residence located a red and black thumb drive from a dresser in Alvarez’s bed room. Alvarez stated he has only downloaded and viewed the child pornography using an HP laptop computer, which was located in his room.
Alvarez admitted that the videos he has downloaded onto his computer depicted children ten to twelve years of age having vaginal and anal sex with adult males. Alvarez stated he would use the term “PTHC,” which is known to mean preteen hard core, to search for the child pornography. Alvarez stated the child pornography is an addiction that he can’t stop, like “crack.” Alvarez admitted he would masturbate to the videos and then delete them. Alvarez stated in the past couple of months he has downloaded twenty to thirty videos of child pornography. Alvarez stated he takes full responsibility for the child pornography.
The Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force was led to Alvarez after the Neosho man shared a child pornography video with an undercover officer. The IP address was traced to the home that Alvarez shares with his mother.
Prosecutors have filed a motion asking that Alvarez be held without bond.
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