Man Arrested For Uploading Child Pornographic Content On Website

A man was arrested Tuesday in Cantonment, Florida, for uploading pornographic content involving children on a website while visiting Washington, Escambia County sheriff’s department said.

Dylan Ellis, 21, was nabbed from a home on the 600 block of Greenberry Drive. Detectives said Ellis had uploaded child pornography while visiting his uncle and aunt in Washington sparking an investigation.

Ellis was caught red-handed during an undercover operation where he was asked for more pornographic content of a child, WEAR-TV reported.

Executing a search warrant in his home led the deputies to find several images and videos in Ellis’ possession. A majority of the files were Japanese animations of pre-pubescent girls being sexually battered, according to the arrest report. He was charged with 20 counts of child pornography and enticing a custodian of a child to engage in sexual conduct. Ellis was booked in Escambia County Jail against a $205,000 bond.

Back in September, a 42-year-old freelance children’s photographer in California, Kenneth Smith, was arrested and charged with possession of over 600 images of child pornography and other related crimes after he downloaded the content from the internet and distributed them. During a search at his home, the Fontana Police Department found several images and videos cached in the electronic devices that he owned.