Sugar Land Man Convicted Of Possessing Child Porn

HOUSTON TX — A Sugar Land will be going to federal prison after he was convicted on Tuesday for possession of child pornography.

Jacinto Lopez-Toledo, 43, was found guilty by U.S. District Judge Alfred H. Bennett of receipt, access with intent to view and possession of child pornography, announced.

Federal investigators became aware of Lopez-Toledo after law enforcement after investigators found evidence that he was accessing files from a website known to contain child pornography in November 2015.

A search warrant was executed on his home on Dec. 1, 2015, where investigators seized two desktop computers, a laptop computer and an external hard drive.

The forensic examination of those devices revealed Lopez-Toledo had 50,216 images and 941 videos of child pornography.

These images and videos included children under the age of 12, bondage and acts of violence.
Some of the images are of known victims as identified through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

During the trial, the court found Lopez-Toledo had an additional 527,844 images and 969 videos which appeared to be child pornography but could not be confirmed as involving a minor.

The court also heard that Lopez-Toledo had been collecting and viewing child pornography for several years, dating back to as early as 2003.

Lopez-Toledo admitted he would view and download child pornography from the Internet and also from file sharing networks.

Prior to trial, he argued those statements should be suppressed as well as the original search warrant which started the overall investigation.

The judge ultimately found him guilty as charged.

Previously released on bond, Toledo-Lopez was ordered into custody following the verdict where he will remain pending his sentencing at a later date.

Lopez-Toledo faces up to 20 imprisonment for the receipt of child pornography and a maximum of 10 years for intent to view and possession of child pornography.

The FBI and the Pearland Police Department conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Sugar Land Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

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