UPDATE: Child Porn Sweep Nabs Natick Man, 31 Others
A Natick man was served a warrant as a part of a statewide child pornography sweep.
A Natick man was arrested as a part of a child pornography sweep through Massachusetts towns, performed by federal, state and local law enforcement.
Philip Hunt, 55, of 13 Cooper Rd., was reportedly served the warrant last Thursday, according to Natick Police, who assisted. Hunt is being charged with two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of dissemination of child pornography.
The sweep yielded 32 arrests, with 56 warrants served in 26 towns, including Natick and Milford. Seven cases are pending criminal complaints, and 14 investigations are still ongoing.
Many of the arrests were reportedly linked to several online child pornography file-sharing networks. According to Sgt. Mike Hill, commander of the Massachusetts Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), the victims in the more than 100 terabytes of photographs and videos shared, ranged in age from infants to older children. Thousands of of the images were of toddlers, said Hill at a press conference at the Massachusetts State Police Headquarters on Tuesday.
Hill said the sweep was one of the largest child pornography busts in the country and the largest in the state. He called the 32 arrests this week the "tip of the iceberg."
All cases are currently under investigation. Police were not able to offer details about the individuals' interactions with children at this time.
Don Knotts
5:35 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
man i could go for some cheese pizza right about now.........
Rob Thorpe
5:36 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
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Rob Thorpe
9:57 am on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Scumbag!
Mark Flynn
8:07 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
But they let HUNT out without any BAIL at all- ZERO!!! , he is a repeat offender, he needs to be in JAIL with other pedophiles... THIS IS INSANE...
William Hughes
10:31 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
I hope some clever defense attorney doesn't get this creep off. Thank you to the task force!
Amanda
4:46 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
I was with him that lying scumbag!!!!! I never knew about this