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Kraig Stockard of Delhi, California, posted $25,000 bail after being booked for possession of child pornography.
[B](CNN)[/B] -- A central California man has been arrested for possession of child pornography, thanks to a tip from burglars who robbed the man's property, authorities said.
Last month, a juvenile and a 19-year-old illegally accessed the property of Kraig Stockard, 54, of Delhi, California, according to a statement from Deputy Tom MacKenzie of the Merced County Sheriff's Department. They broke into Stockard's barn and stole about 50 CDs they believed were blank.
Stockard filed a police report on the incident on September 12, according to MacKenzie.
But the young people who stole the CDs were in for a surprise. When they began putting the discs into their computer, they discovered that some of them contained pornographic images of children, the statement said.
Despite having obtained the CDs under decidedly shady circumstances, the pair decided to report Stockard to the police.
A search warrant was served and three more computers and three laptops were taken from Stockard's home, along with several external hard drives. Police said there were thousands of pictures and movies on the CDs -- more than 30 of the 50 discs had child pornography on them.
Investigators said Stockard has been downloading indecent images of children since 2004. He has admitted possessing the pornography on the CDs but has refused to say whether there is pornography on the computers, they said. Stockard was booked for possession of child pornography and posted $25,000 bail.
The two burglar suspects who reported Stockard have not been arrested.
Their case has been sent to the Merced County District Attorney's Office for review. When reached for comment, a press officer told CNN the office could not comment on the case because one of the informants in question is a juvenile.[/quote]
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Haha, even criminals have standards.
[quote]The Fourth Amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, bet supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."[/quote]
Wouldn't the way the evidence was first obtained mean that any warrants issued were issued illegally?
Good thing those CDs weren't the only evidence. If it was, I'm not sure if it would stand up in court.
To above poster: That's what I mean, the stolen cd's must be inadmissible, but the computers the police found after the warrant are admissible.
[QUOTE=plokoon9619;32670656]Haha, even criminals have standards.[/QUOTE]
Yep, you would be surprised.
If that guy had a good lawyer he could argue that the kids put that stuff on the CD's to set him up. But, he had all that shit in his house too.
I think the burglars made up for their crime by turning him in. I don't really even feel it's bad that they broke into the pedophile's home, but no doubt ill be called dumb by pedophile rights activists.
Wow, I'm fairly impressed.
[QUOTE=Valdor;32670697]I think the burglars made up for their crime by turning him in. I don't really even feel it's bad that they broke into the pedophile's home, but no doubt ill be called dumb by pedophile rights activists.[/QUOTE]
They just broke into a barn, and stole 50 CDs they thought were blank. Which is strange considering the fact that you can buy 50 CDs for about $10
Though his own crimes were bad, the court had no right to issue a warrant with the evidence against him.
[QUOTE=Valdor;32670697]I think the burglars made up for their crime by turning him in. I don't really even feel it's bad that they broke into the pedophile's home, but no doubt ill be called dumb by pedophile rights activists.[/QUOTE]
"Pedophile rights activists"? Why does it sound like you're using that as some kind of buzzword to represent a group that wants to legalize the production of child porn (a group that doesn't even exist, might I add). Anyone defending pedophiles defends them on the basis of not harming children.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;32670664]Wouldn't the way the evidence was first obtained mean that any warrants issued were issued illegally?[/QUOTE]
Yes.:rolleyes:
You can't break into someone's house and get 'evidence'.
[QUOTE=MR-X;32670675]Yep, you would be surprised.
If that guy had a good lawyer he could argue that the kids put that stuff on the CD's to set him up. But, he had all that shit in his house too.[/QUOTE]
Except he's already made a mistake by admitting that the CDs were his.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;32670664]Wouldn't the way the evidence was first obtained mean that any warrants issued were issued illegally?[/QUOTE]
Counts as reasonable suspicion, even if the CDs in question are inadmissible as evidence in a court. They're probably nabbing him with all the other paraphernalia they found in his house.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;32671116]Counts as reasonable suspicion, even if the CDs in question are inadmissible as evidence in a court. They're probably nabbing him with all the other paraphernalia they found in his house.[/QUOTE]
Pfft. Reasonable suspicion.
I'm glad they caught him but if those teens hadn't broken inside this guys house and gotten these CDs, there would be NO suspicion.
And all the things the police found inside his house would have never been found because there would have been no probable cause to issue a fucking warrant.
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"Even the burglars disprove of me..."
So much shame in those eyes.
[QUOTE=plokoon9619;32670656]Haha, even criminals have standards.[/QUOTE]
No way! It's not like criminals are humans or anything!
[QUOTE=Valdor;32670697]I think the burglars made up for their crime by turning him in. I don't really even feel it's bad that they broke into the pedophile's home, but no doubt ill be called dumb by pedophile rights activists.[/QUOTE]
Maybe that would make sense if they knew he was a pedophile beforehand.
[QUOTE=plokoon9619;32670656]Haha, even criminals have standards.[/QUOTE]
Criminals are people too.
[QUOTE=Valdor;32670697] but no doubt ill be called dumb by pedophile rights activists.[/QUOTE]
Hold the fuck up hombre.
There are pedo rights activists?
[QUOTE=Cmx;32671221]Hold the fuck up hombre.
There are pedo rights activists?[/QUOTE]
NAMBLA.
Rather fortunate for the burglars that they discovered the debauchery, otherwise they'd have been booked for breaking and entering. Bet they didn't expect to see twisted violations on those CDs, but then again why were they looting CDs?
[QUOTE=DoctorSalt;32670673]Good thing those CDs weren't the only evidence. If it was, I'm not sure if it would stand up in court.
To above poster: That's what I mean, the stolen cd's must be inadmissible, but the computers the police found after the warrant are admissible.[/QUOTE]
The warrant was issued on illegally obtained evidence. I'm having a hard time believing that this is legal.
[QUOTE=Cmx;32671221]Hold the fuck up hombre.
There are pedo rights activists?[/QUOTE]
I don't know what he means specifically, but in terms of "pedophile rights", I don't want to see pedophiles treated like child molesters. They are two different things.
I'm no expert on this but it seems to me that because he reported the crime to the police and they admitted to the crime (probably a few days later), the cops would see their story ("we know we broke the law BUT take a look at what's on these CDs") as reasonable cause to get a warrant. Why else would two kids turn themselves in for a crime they didn't commit to try to frame some guy for child pornography
Basically he just shouldn't have reported the theft, then he could have denied everything
He even had the obligatory pedostache.
Good. We can only speculate on the nature of the burglary and the true nature of the paedophile in question, but that's all irrelevant to me.
One more sick, porn-hoarding creep flagged in the public's eye.
I swear I read something like this before. Only it was with a laptop.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;32670664]Wouldn't the way the evidence was first obtained mean that any warrants issued were issued illegally?[/QUOTE]Probable cause. The stolen CDs and the testimonials of the burglars were enough reason to fall under such a thing.
[QUOTE=plokoon9619;32670656]Haha, even criminals have standards.[/QUOTE]
most pedos get their shit wrecked in prison.
criminals hate pedos and child rapists.
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