Virginia Beach Child Porn Case

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FILED

MAY 2 6

^CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT

COURT

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION

NORFOLK,

va

FOR ISSUANCE

OF

A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

2, l#M\Ulr

I, Kristin B. Joseph, being

first

duly swornstate:

I

am

a

Special Agent

of

the Department

of

Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE).

Homeland

Security Investigations (HSI), currently assigned to the Office of

the

Assistant

Special Agent inCharge (ASAC), Norfolk,

Virginia.

I have

been

so

employed

since August 2005.

As

part

ofmy

daily

duties as an

HSI

agent, I investigate criminal violations

relating to child exploitation

and

child

pornography1

including violations pertaining to the illegal

production,

distribution,

receipt,

and possession ofchild pornography, in

violation

of 8U.S.C.

§§ 2251, 2252

and 2252A. I

have received

training

in

the

area

of

child

pornography and child

exploitation,

and

have

had

the

opportunity

to observe

and

review numerous examples ofchild

pornography

(as

defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(8)) in all forms ofmedia including computer

media.

2. Your affiant hasassisted in the investigation of theoffenses described in thisaffidavit. Asa

result ofyour affiant's

participation in

this

investigation

and a

review

of reports made

by other law

enforcement officers, your affiant is familiar with the circumstances of this

on-going

investigation.

I have

not

included each

and

every fact known tome in this affidavit, butonly the

facts

I believe are

necessary

to

establish

probable

cause

to

believe DAVID

ALLISTER

CAMPBELL

has

engaged

in

the crimes ofdistribution, receipt,

and

possession of child pornography, in violation of 18

U.S.C.

§§

2252(a)(2) and (a)(4)(B).

L EGAL

AUTHOR I T Y

3. 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2) provides that anypersonwhoknowingly receives,or distributes,

any visual depiction using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerceor that has

been mailed, or has been shipped or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or

which contains materials which have been mailed or so shipped or transported, by any means

including by computer, or knowingly reproduces any visual depiction for distribution using any

means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign

commerce or through the mails, if (A) the producing of such visual depiction involves the use of

a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and (B) such visual depiction isof such conduct,

shall be punished.

4. 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a) (4) (B) prohibits a person from knowingly possessing, or knowingly

accessing with intent to view, one or more books, magazines, periodicals, films, or other

Child

Pornography means any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or

computer

or

computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of

sexually explicit conduct, where - (A) the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging

in sexually explicit conduct; . . . [or] (C) such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that

an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct. For conduct occurring after April 30, 2003. the

definition also includes (B) such visual depiction is a digital image, computer image, or computer-generated image

that is, or is indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. 18U.S.C. § 2256(8).

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materials

which contain

visual

depictions ofminors

engaged

in

sexually explicit conduct

that

have been mailed, shipped or transported using any means or

facility

ofinterstate or foreign

commerce or in or

affecting

interstate or foreign commerce, or

which

was produced using

materials which

have been

mailed,

shipped or transported, by any

means including

by

computer.

PRO LE

C USE

TO

RREST D VID C MP ELL

5. Onor about November 19,2014,the

National

Center forMissing andExploited Children

(NCMEC)

received

information from

the Microsoft Corporation in which Microsoft

reported

that the

email

account | ^H^ | msn com

had,

on

several

occasions

on

November 10,

2014,

uploaded

numerous images

of

child pornography

to

the

Internet. Microsoft also included

the Internet

Protocol

Address (IP)

from

where theactivity occurred. The IP address was

subsequently

traced

to the residence ofDavid

CAMPBELL

at ^ ^ ^ | H | ^ ^ ^ H ^ ^ |

IB Virginia Beach, Virginia,

^ ^^ The

information was forwarded to the Southern

Virginia

Internet

Crimes Against

Children

Task

Force (SOVAICAC)

at the Virginia Beach

Police

Department (VBPD).

6. Onor aboutMarch23,2015, NCMEC received information froma concerned citizenthat

someone was

posting comments

on an

online

Tumblr2

account

in which the individual claimed to

travel toHarrisonburg,

Virginia,

to

engage

in

sex

with underage boys. The reporting

party

provided

the URL as

http://|H^^^H.com

as the account making the comments.

A

VBPD

Detective reviewed theTumblrpage andobserved the page was titled Boys Arethe

Best ,TheDetective also observedthe posting Boysare to be loved and appreciated. Findme

on Skype and

Hotmail

as

^^H

and on Yahoo and

Twitter

as

^^^^^^H-

7. On or about December 6, 2015, NCMEC received information from another concerned

citizen that someone had posteda cartoondepicting children being sexuallyabusedon the

Tumblr

account http://^^H|^HH-com '

The

reporting party

also

stated

the user posted

comments that he regularly had sexualcontactwithunderage boysas youngas 10yearsold. The

sameVBPDDetective reviewed the Tumblr page and observed it to be the same webpage from

theprevious NCMEC report. Further, the userof theTumblr pageprovided a Yahoo e-mail

address for people that wanted to contact him.

8. As part of the investigation, the Virginia Beach Detective subpoenaed Yahoo Inc.

(Yahoo ) for subscriber and IP information for the email account provided by the Tumblr user.

Yahoo responded the subscriber for

the

account

was

listed as

David

CAMPBELL at^|

|Virginia

Beach,

Virginia, |^|

2Tumblr isa social

networking

site that

allows members

to post pictures stories and other activities

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9. On February 25,2016,

VBPD

Detectives and agents from the HSI Norfolk executed a

state search

warrant at CAMPBELL'S

residence located

at

^^H^^HI^^^^^^^HI

Virginia Beach,

Virginia,H

Present

at

the residence

was

CAMPBELL.

CAMPBELL was

informed the investigators had

a

search

warrant

for

the

premises and made entry and secured the

location. During the

execution of

the search, CAMPBELL

was

read his Miranda Rights and

he

agreed

to

speak with

the investigating

agents. During the

interview

CAMPBELL

admitted

to

accidentally uploading

child pornography

from

his B^^^^^Hi@msn'com ema

account. CAMPBELL statedshortly afterhedid that, MSN

locked

outhis

account.

CAMPBELL also admitted to the activity that had been reported regarding the Tumblraccount

and his associatedTwitter account. CAMPBELL stated that he traded child pornography via

Twitter in

the

private direct messaging, but

not

onhis public Twitter

page.

He

stated that at the

time hedidn't think the direct messages were

monitored

byTwitter butthat he

now

he thinks itis

because his Twitter account was closed. CAMPBELL further stated that he had been involved

with child pornography for at

least 25

years and would

consider

himselfa

pedophile.

CAMPBELL stated that

when

he

saw

a child he would envision the child naked and fantasize

about engaging in sexual acts with the child. CAMPBELL

stated that

hehad never followed

through with

his

fantasies

andthe

comments that

were

made

onthe

Tumblr account

was just

fantasy talk.

10. The search was conducted and the following devices were seized: Acer CPU- S/N:

DTSRQAA00841083B913000, IBM CPU

-

S/N: 81893HULKYD5NT, EMachines CPU

-

S/N:

PTNADOX002909009A09000, LenovoLaptop -

S/N:

CB06308917, Two Rosewill External

HardDrives, Hitachihard Drive, two MaxtorHard Drives,Western Digital Hard Drive,PHR-

10)A External Hard Drive,

Seagate External

Hard Drive,

Western Digital External hard drive,

Eight thumb drives, Three SD cards, For CD-R's, Two DVD's.

11.

On

April

21,2016, a Federal search warrant wasobtained forHSIto conduct

forensic

examinations on

the

items

seized

from

CAMPBELL S residence. The

forensic examinations are

notcomplete yet, but to date the resultshave revealed approximately 5,287 images andvideos of

child pornographyon multiple computers or storage devices seized from CAMPBELL'S

residence. An example of some of the files are as follows:

a. A video entitled 07.mp4 was created on the Acer desktop computer on

December8,2015 and depicts a prepubescent male engaged in oral-genital sexual intercourse

with

an

adult male.

b. A video entitled 03.avi was created on the Lenovo laptop computer on

December

9,2015

and depicts a prepubescent male engaged in oral-genital sexual intercourse

w it h a n

adu l t male .

c. A video entitled 2015-09-25 19.22.36.mp4 was created on the Acer desktop

computer on November 11,2015 and depicts a prepubescent male engaged in anal penetration

using a foreign object.



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d. A video entitled 02.mp4

was created

on the Lenovo laptop onDecember 8,

2015 and

depicts

two prepubescent males

engaged

inoral-genital sexual

intercourse.

e. A video entitled al009.avi was created on the Acer desktop computer on

January 26,2016 and

depicts

a prepubescent male

engaged

in

oral-genital sexual intercourse

with an adu lt male.

12. Basedon the informationand evidenceset forth above,your affiant respectfullysubmits

that there

is

probable cause

to

believe

thatDAVID ALLISTER CAMPBELL has committed the

following offenses:

Count

One: Onor about November 10, 2014, in

Virginia

Beach, in the

Eastern

District ofVirginia,

DAVID ALLISTER

CAMPBELL

knowingly

distributed

visual

depictions ofminors

engaging

in

sexually explicit

conduct, using a means or

facility

of

interstate

or

foreign commerce

orthathas

been mailed, shipped

or

transported

inor

affecting interstate

or

foreign commerce,

or

which contains materials which

have been

mailed, shipped

or

transported,

by

any means

including

by

computer,

in

violation

of

Title 18,

United

States Code, Section

2252(a)(2); and

Count Two:

Onor

about February

24,2016, inVirginia Beach, intheEastern

District

of

Virginia,

DAVID ALLISTER CAMPBELL

knowingly

possessed

material

which

contained visual depictions

of

minorsengagedin sexually explicitconduct that havebeen

mailed, shipped or transported using anymeans or facility of interstateor foreign commerce or in

or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or whichwasproducedusing materials whichhave

beenmailed, shipped or transported, by any

means

including by computer, in violation of Title

18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(4)(B).

13. Accordingly, I request that a warrant be issued authorizing the arrest

of

DAVID

ALLISTER

CAMPBELL.

Kristin B. Joseph

Special Agent

Department ofHomeland Security

Homeland Security Investigations

Norfolk,

VA

Sworn to before me this day

of

May, 2016.

United States Magistrate Judge

Eastern District ofVirginia


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