City Man Arrested by Bridgeport Police after Finding Over 100 Illegal Images on Social Media Account
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on April 08, 2021
According to WDTV, a Bridgeport man is facing charges after police say they found 105 videos of child pornography on his Facebook account.
Lt. Gary Weaver with the Bridgeport Police Department received a tip from the West Virginia State Police ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Unit that someone had uploaded child pornography to Facebook on Oct. 19, 2020, according to the criminal complaint. The tip included the IP address and Facebook account, which was linked to Randy McKinley, officials say.
On March 3, 2021, while executing a search warrant on McKinley’s Bridgeport home and Facebook account, police say they recovered several items including thumbnails of images of child pornography on a Facebook account. Police also found video’s that were “obvious child pornography involving prepubescent males and females” on his Facebook account, according to the complaint. Police say they found approximately 105 videos, equaling more than 7,800 images.
McKinley, 57, has been charged with distribution or exhibition of sexually explicit material involving minors.
