Crime & Safety
100 Images Depicting Child Porn Found At Largo Man's Home: Police
Jarry Thomas Bowen, 69, of Largo has been charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography and one count of transmitting child porn.
LARGO, FL — A 69-year-old Largo man has been arrested after being accused of uploading more than 100 images of child pornography.
In June, a detective on the Largo police's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was contacted by the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children, saying it had been notified by Google that someone with a Largo internet protocol address had been uploading child pornography onto a Google Drive.
After investigating the tip, the Largo task force found cause to get a search warrant for the home of Jarry Thomas Bowen. After conducting the search Thursday, police said they found more than 100 images depicting child pornography.
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Largo police said Bowen admitted to uploading child pornography over the last 10 years.
He was taken to the Pinellas County Jail where he was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of transmission of child pornography.
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Bowen could face additional charges following a forensic inspection of his cell phone and computer hard drive.
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