Crime & Safety

Police: Child Pornography Distribution Charges for Annapolis Man

Suspect charged after computer and other equipment seized from his home by Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Section.

An Annapolis man is facing child pornography related charges after a computer and other digital equipment was seized from his home, according to Maryland State Police.

Jose Cristobal Flores Rivera, 33, from Annapolis, is charged with Distributing Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.

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Following an investigation, law enforcement agents searched his home and collecting the digital equipment with images of child pornography, according to the state police.

Due to the distribution of child pornography in Anne Arundel County and Rivera was taken into custody on April 1 at his Annapolis home without incident.

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