Father, Son Arrested Arrested In Texas After Massive Child Porn Discovery At Sacramento County Home

SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — The find of a ample postulation of images depicting kid pornography successful a Sacramento County location led to the apprehension of a begetter and lad who moved to Texas 1 twelvemonth ago, authorities said connected Thursday.

Theodore Smith, 86, and James Smith, 62, some of Alto, Texas, are being held connected charges including but not constricted to lewd acts with a kid nether 14 portion they await a transportation backmost to California.

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According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, hundreds of illicit images were discovered successful March by a idiosyncratic renovating the precocious purchased home. Investigators believed the images were taken sometime betwixt 1985-1995 and were near down by the Smiths—who were the anterior residents of the home.

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On Oct. 13, the elder Smith was arrested astatine his Texas location successful Cherokee County, portion his lad was arrested portion connected a travel backmost to California.

Sacramento sheriff’s detectives stay successful Texas processing further grounds seized during a hunt of the elder Smith’s home, authorities said.

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Several agencies including the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office assisted successful the investigation.

CBS13 Staff