Sex Video Minors Were Forced To Produce Lead To Man's Arrest: Maryland State Police

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Troopers arrested a Prince George’s County man Thursday after investigators say he threatened minors into producing sexually explicit videos and threatened to distribute the videos if they did not produce more for him.

Isaiah S. Poole, 21, of Suitland has been charged with seven counts of possession of child pornography, two counts of soliciting minors to engage in sexual conduct, two counts of causing minors to engage as a subject in a performance that exposes their intimate parts by threatening to inflict emotional distress and one count of distribution of pornography.

Beginning in October 2022, the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into the possession and distribution of child pornography online. According to a preliminary investigation, troopers learned Poole had coerced multiple minor victims into producing sexually explicit videos and threatened to distribute those recordings if they did not produce more for him.

At about 9:05 a.m. on Thursday, members of the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, with assistance from the FBI, served a search and seizure warrant at Poole’s residence. A preliminary forensic review of his electronic devices seized at the scene revealed multiple child pornography files. Poole was arrested at the scene.

Troopers are working to determine if there are any additional victims in this case. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Maryland Center For Missing and Unidentified Persons 1-800-637-5437.