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FDLE arrests USAF officer for child pornography

 

For Immediate Release
October 1, 2019            

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, along with Escambia County Sheriff's Office, arrested John Morgan, 29, on two counts of possession of obscene material. Morgan is an active duty United States Air Force Officer stationed in Pensacola.  
 
The investigation began in August after an agent identified images and videos of child pornography being downloaded and shared from a residential computer on Klondike Road.   The images depicted children under the age of 10. 
 
Morgan was arrested today and booked into the Escambia County Jail.   The Office of the State Attorney, 1st Judicial Circuit will prosecute this case.
 
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For Further Information Contact:
Gretl Plessinger, Jessica Cary or Jeremy Burns
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001
 
 

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