Former South Carolina police officer pleads guilty to possesion of child pornography
January 13th, 2010 - 3:56 am ICT by BNO NewsCOLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA (BNO NEWS) – A former police officer of South Carolina pled guilty Tuesday for possession of child pornography after a lengthy investigation by the FBI.
David Courtney Childers, 45, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was subject to investigations after using peer to peer sharing software to spread child pornography. The agents made contact with Childers, who was offering to share child pornography; the agents downloaded the material and traced the communication back to the Childers’ computer at his Myrtle Beach residence.
At the time of the incident, Childers was employed as a police officer with Horry Count. A U.S. Attorney stated that the maximum penalty Childers can receive is a fine of $250,000 and incarceration for 10 years.
Peer to peer sharing software is a technology that allows both the suppliers and consumers of resources and data to share with each other. Often this is a tool used by those engaging in illegal transfers of copyrighted materials, but it does have its legitimate uses.
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