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July 22, 2010

Cops: Man had child porn

Jamell L. Amos of Nanticoke is jailed on $100,000 bail. His hearing is set Aug. 10.

By Ed Lewis elewis@timesleader.com
Times Leader Staff Writer
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NANTICOKE – A Nanticoke man admitted to investigators on Thursday that he downloaded child pornography because he was “curious,” according to charges filed.

Jamell L. Amos, 34, was arrested after investigators executed a search warrant at his East Ridge Street apartment Thursday morning. Investigators allege they uncovered several movies showing children involved in sex acts that were saved on a computer.

Amos was arraigned by District Judge Donald Whittaker on three counts each of possession of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography, and a single count of criminal use of communication facility. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $100,000 bail.

According to the criminal complaint:

A Lackawanna County detective learned June 4 that images of child pornography were being viewed on an Internet file-sharing program. Investigators traced the images to a computer linked to Amos’ residence, and Nanticoke police and the Luzerne County Detectives Office served a search warrant just before 8:30 a.m.

Investigators told Amos that a computer linked to the residence was being used to download images of children engaged in sex acts. Amos told them he had Limewire, an Internet file sharing program, that he uses to download music, movies and porn. He admitted he used special keyword searches to locate child pornography.

Investigators said a preliminary forensic examination of the computer revealed three movies of children engaged in sex acts.

Amos said he was “curious” when asked why he downloaded child porn.

He said the more illicit videos he watched, “the more he was getting into it.”

Amos asked investigators, “Why the (expletive) are people do(ing) this?” He said he saved child porn images and videos on DVDs he wanted to give to police to investigate.

Amos said he instead smashed the DVDs into pieces, which he recycled.

A computer and other items were seized from Amos’ apartment.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Aug. 10 before Whittaker.
 
 

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