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Maryland police charge two Eastern Shore men with child pornography, including a former police officer
A former Ocean Metropolis, Maryland police officer and one other man had been charged on Monday with a mixed 55 counts of possessing little one pornography.
Maryland State Police arrested Charles Thomas Zukas, 60, and Jodie Veter Orr, 25, each of Berlin, Maryland. Each Zukas and Orr surrendered themselves to State Police on Monday morning, and so they had been held pending an look earlier than a Worcester County District Courtroom Commissioner.
Maryland State Police arrested Charles Thomas Zukas, a former Ocean Metropolis police officer, for allegedly possessing little one pornography.
(Maryland State Police)
Zukas, police mentioned, was charged with 20 counts of possession of kid pornography and Orr was charged with 33 counts of possession of kid pornography.
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The Maryland State Police Felony Enforcement Division Japanese Area began an investigation into little one pornography possession in March 2022, and on March 16, troopers served a search warrant on the Berlin residence of the suspects.
Digital gadgets had been confiscated as a part of the search, and in accordance with State Police, a preliminary forensic overview discovered the gadgets contained a number of recordsdata of kid pornography.
Jodie Veter Orr of Berlin, Maryland was arrested on Monday for allegedly possessing little one pornography.
(Maryland State Police)
The investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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On Monday morning, Ocean Metropolis Police issued an announcement on the arrest of Zukas, who’s a former police officer with the division.
“The Ocean Metropolis Police Division has been knowledgeable that former officer Charles Zukas, 60, has been arrested and charged with Possession of Little one Pornography,” the assertion learn. “The Maryland State Police is dealing with this investigation. The Ocean Metropolis Police Division takes this matter severely and can help Maryland State Police as wanted.”
The division added that Zukas was employed with the division from September 1994 till he retired in June 2014.
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After his retirement, Zukas served as a reserve police officer with the division till March 2022.