COPS: Youth Pastor Arrested At MIA For Child Porn

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports:

A former youth pastor convicted of “placing a hidden camera in the girls’ bathroom” at a Christian camp in Oregon is now facing new disturbing charges ― this time in South Florida, according to a federal criminal complaint. Authorities said they nabbed Jacob Melvin Hart, 45, of San Juan Capistrano, California, with child sexual abuse videos at Miami International Airport after he came in on a flight from Haiti.

Authorities said they found 33 illicit videos in a “hidden, password-protected folder” of his iPhone showing girls as young as 10. “Law enforcement also observed what appeared to be over approximately 160 artificial intelligence (AI) images and videos depicting nude prepubescent and minor females,” the complaint states.

Investigators said that during an interview, Hart “explained that he generates them from a website that he pays a monthly subscription for, prompting it to create videos of naked 13-year-old girls.”

Read the full article. It’s not clear if Hart is also being charged for the AI images, which are a new frontier in the battle against child porn.

< 333 what the bloody hell
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