NYPD Officer From Suffolk Saved Child Sexual Abuse Material To Phone, SCDA Says

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — An NYPD officer was indicted on child pornography charges after he was accused of screenshotting and saving child sexual abuse images to his cell phone, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said Thursday.

Steven Marksberry, 50, of Lake Grove, faces 119 charges.

"Not only is this defendant alleged to have saved a large quantity of child sexual abuse material to his phone, but he is alleged to have done so while he was a sworn police officer," Tierney said in a news release. "No one is above the law. The safety of our children is, and always will be, of the utmost priority for my office."

Suffolk police received an Internet Crimes Against Children tip notifying them that Marksberry uploaded child sexual abuse images to his iCloud storage account, prosecutors said. Images depicting sexual abuse of girls between of 4 and 12 years old were found on his account and cell phone during a search warrant, investigators said.

Marksberry was arraigned Thursday on 50 counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child and 69 counts of possessing a sexual performance of a child. He was ordered held on $100,000 cash, $250,000 bond or $2.5 million partially-secured bond.

If convicted of the top count, Marksberry faces up to 20 years in prison. He is due back in court on Aug. 7 and is being represented by Scott Zerner.