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18-year-old arrested for exploitation of children

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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — In September of 2018 the New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau followed up on a Cyber Tip regarding child pornography.

The Cyber Tip came from the online dating application Tumblr. A photograph that was downloaded and attached on their application was considered child pornography.

Through an extensive investigation New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau agents learned the IP address came back to a residence in T or C which was being used by Daryl Harlan Thomas, 18.

Agents from the State Police Investigation Bureau in conjunction with the Special Agents from the Attorney General’s ICAC task force executed a search warrant on several houses Thomas resided in.

Several electronic devices were seized from those houses and taken as evidence.

NMSP arrested Thomas in Silver City without incident. He was booked into the Grant County Detention Center. No other information is available.

Thomas was charged with the following: Sexual Exploitation of Children 30-6A-3(E) 2nd Degree Felony- Manufacture or Copying; Sexual Exploitation of Children 30-6A-3(C) 3rd Degree Felony-Distribution; and Sexual Exploitation of Children 30-6A-3(A) 4th Degree Felony-Possession.

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