Norwalk Man Charged With Child Pornography Offenses: Feds

NORWALK, CT — A Norwalk man, 24, accused of distributing videos of child pornography through a smartphone messaging application has been charged by federal criminal complaint with child pornography offenses, according to court officials.

In a news release, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery and David Sundberg, a special agent in charge of the New Haven division of the FBI, announced Jake Scott Flewellyn, 24, of Norwalk, surrendered to police Wednesday afternoon and appeared before a judge before being released on a $100,000 bond under electronic monitoring.

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According to court documents, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from the provider of Kik, a smartphone messaging app, in December about a user distributing videos of child pornography through its service. Kik deactivated the user's account, Avery and Sundberg said.

As federal officers tried to determine the user's identity in early April, Kik submitted another report to NCMEC of an account being used to distribute videos of child pornography.

According to Avery and Sundberg, the investigation revealed Flewellyn created both Kik accounts and used them to distribute images and videos depicting child sex abuse.

The complaint charges Flewellyn with distribution of child pornography and accessing with intent to view child pornography, offenses that each carry a maximum prison term of 20 years.

The case is being investigated by the FBI with assistance from the Norwalk Police Department.

Avery emphasized a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Avery said.