TAMPA, FL. – A 60-year-old Tampa man has been arrested and charged with 100 counts of child porn.
On February 8, 2021, Tampa Police detectives began conducting an undercover internet investigation to locate computers in the Tampa area that were offering to distribute files of child pornography.
Investigators determined one such computer, belonging to 60-year-old Ric Adams, was at 510 E Harrison St. #626, Tampa, FL 33602. The computer advertised 56 files of known or suspected child pornography on an internet networking site between December 5, 2020, and February 5, 2021.
In the early morning hours of April 15th, detectives executed a search warrant of the residence.
Multiple computer devices were recovered belonging to Adams, who advised post-Miranda of some of the devices as being his. The items were transported to The Tampa Police Cyber Crimes Lab for forensic review.
Police say that during the forensic review, 100 images of child pornography were recovered. The images were of nude children, between the approximate ages of two to fifteen years old, with many of the files depicting children being sexually battered.
On Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 8:45 AM, the Tampa Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested Adams.
He was charged with 100 counts of Possession of Child Pornography (10 or more images) and transported to Hillsborough County Jail.
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Any suspicion of child sexual exploitation can be reported to your local police, your Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Cyber Tipline at https://report.cybertip.org or by calling 800.843.5678. For resources and tips for parents and kids, visit NCMEC’s NetSmartz website at www.netsmartz.org or the ICAC Task Force website at https://www.icactaskforce.org/.