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    "Operation Peerless Summer" nets 15 arrests for child porn, ages 18 to 70

    COLORADO SPRINGS - It's a crime that victimizes children and it happens thousands of times a day with the click of a button.  We first told you about this story last week when police raided a house in Monument.  Now police are up to 15 arrests -- the released list of those arrested can be found on the bottom of this article.

    Investigators say they're all men who now face felony charges of sexually exploiting children.  "People have a tendency to think it's just a video, it's just a picture," says Sgt. Bill Dehart with the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit at the Colorado Springs Police Department, "the reality is that's a child being abused."

    In a week's time, police executed several search warrants at homes across southern Colorado.  "We're actually doing onsite forensic examinations, recovering databases," says Dehart of what officers are collecting.  It's all part of an extensive investigation called Operation Peerless Summer, referencing the peer-to-peer online networks where people are trading child porn.

    "If you're sharing those images, those videos on their computer, anyone can find them," says Dehart.  Investigators say the ultimate goal is to put a stop to the production of child porn.  They've found no evidence yet of children being abused locally.

    "We're talking about protecting children," Dehart says.  Investigators say they expect additional arrests and say people who commit Internet child porn crimes could be anywhere.  Investigators say telling people the crime is happening is part of the battle to stop it.

    "The word is getting out," says Dehart, "we're talking about people actively trading child pornography and it's not something people should do."  But people are doing and after so many arrests, officers say the crime crosses geographical and socioeconomic boundaries.

    "There is no profile where this person is the one, we need to look at," Dehart says.  Investigators say they know where to look and how to find out who's trading child pornography online.  They say you should be just as aware of what's arriving on your computer.

    "You suspect somebody has these images on a computer, it's the old adage, you'll know it when you see it," says Dehart.  Investigators say many of the offenders have several hundred images on their hard drives.  "You're looking at the memorialization of abuse and it's illegal to possess," says Dehart of online child porn.

    Investigators say it's important to talk with your kids about what's appropriate and what's not online to make sure your children don't become victims.


    David Aardal

    Aardal, David, Age 70 Sexual Exploitation of Children arrested 06-11-09

    Michael Bunte

    Bunte, Michael, Age 24 Sexual Exploitation of Children  arrested 06-15-09

    Andrew Evans

    Evans, Andrew, (US Air Force) Sexual Exploitation of Children

    Kevin Gauthier

    Gauthier, Kevin, Age 48 Sexual Exploitation of Children arrested 06-17-09

    Aaron Holt

    Holt, Aaron  Age 24  Sexual Exploitation of Children, arrested 06-10-09
    http://www.myspace.com/cali2005soldier

    Frank McCrea

    McCrea, Frank, Age 20 Sexual Exploitation of Children, Arrested 06-15-09

    Charles Osborn

    Osborn, Charles, Age 48 Sexual Exploitation of Children - registered sex offender, arrested 06-12-09

    John Hass Jr.

    Hass, John, Age 29 Sexual Exploitation of Children arrested 06-18-09
    http://www.myspace.com/singledaddy001

    James Wardwell

    Wardwell, James, Age 66 Sexual Exploitation of Children - registered sex offender arrested 06-12-09

    Ryan Walker

    Walker, Ryan, Age 18 Sexual Exploitation of Children, arrested 06-11-09

    Phillip Sheffield

    Sheffield, Phillip, Age 18  Sexual Exploitation of Children arrested 06-17-09

    Stephen Skelly

    Skelly, Stephen Age 24 Sexual Exploitation of Children arrest date 06-17-09

    David Alan

    Alan, David, (US Army) Sexual Exploitation of Children, arrested 06-15-09

    Nicholas Beach

    Beach, Nicholas, (US Army) Sexual Exploitation of Children, arrested 06-10-09
    http://www.myspace.com/armyboy21

    Kyle Mcguire

    Mcguire, Kyle, (US Army) Sexual Exploitation of Children, arrested on 06-10-09
    http://www.myspace.com/deamon_in_life

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    Wow.
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    What's so weird is that they all look like child porn freaks.  I know it's wrong to have a "stereo type" but man they all look like what I think a person who got off looking at naked kids would look like  :|
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    Re: "Operation Peerless Summer" nets 15 arrests for child porn, ages 18 to 70

    what the shit?

    all their heads are like...misshapen....creeps.

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    Even him?


    And what's with all the military guys?
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    Re: "Operation Peerless Summer" nets 15 arrests for child porn, ages 18 to 70

    [quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=20652.msg1316282#msg1316282 date=1246046667]


    Even him?


    And what's with all the military guys?
    [/quote]

    Every time I watch Chris Hansen he seems to bust a couple military guys each episode.  It's weird. 

    It's usually soldiers, rednecks or foreign computer techs.

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    Re: "Operation Peerless Summer" nets 15 arrests for child porn, ages 18 to 70

    [quote author=Nomad link=topic=20652.msg1316288#msg1316288 date=1246046877]
    Every time I watch Chris Hansen he seems to bust a couple military guys each episode.  It's weird. 

    It's usually soldiers, rednecks or foreign computer techs.
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    You're so right about that shit. :lol:

    Investigators say it's important to talk with your kids about what's appropriate and what's not online to make sure your children don't become victims.
    That line makes me think these guys are spanking it to half naked high school girls.
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    Re: "Operation Peerless Summer" nets 15 arrests for child porn, ages 18 to 70

    [quote author=andrea0121 link=topic=20652.msg1316270#msg1316270 date=1246046246]
    what the shit?

    all their heads are like...misshapen....creeps.
    [/quote]

    That's what I mean.  They all have the "look".  It was really hard for me to say that because I don't like when people judge by their looks but they are all clearly in the child porn mafia. 
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