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FDLE arrests Santa Rosa County man for child pornography

 
For Immediate Release
January 20, 2017
 
MILTON, Fla. – Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement today arrested Thurston Rivers, 46, of 4710 Keyser Lane in Milton, Florida, for three counts of Possession of Material Including Sexual Conduct by a Child. Also arrested at the address was David Dezman, 51, for Possession of a Firearm & Ammunition by a Convicted Felon. 
 
FDLE special agents, with assistance from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Gulf Breeze Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations, executed a search warrant at the residence on January 20, 2017, and the investigation determined that Rivers had downloaded and uploaded child pornography images.
 
Rivers and Dezman were booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail. The case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, 1st Judicial Circuit.
 
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For Further Information Contact:
Gretl Plessinger, or Jessica Cary
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001
 
 

 

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