Man selling child sexual abuse material in Southern California took Amazon gift cards as payment

A 30-year-old man in San Bernardino County has been arrested it was discovered had nearly 3,000 files of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), authorities announced Thursday.  

Investigators with the Redlands Police Department arrested Bradley Clarence Peck on Aug. 13 near his home in the 13300 block of First Avenue in Victorville.  

After receiving two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, detectives served a search warrant at his residence, recovering numerous electronic devices containing more than 2,950 of CSAM, a Redland PD news release stated.  

Authorities determined that the 30-year-old, who works for a company with locations in Redlands and Rancho Cucamonga, used a KIK messenger app to upload the illicit material in approximately 20 transactions with other users.  

“Peck sold the images through KIK and other online apps in exchange for Amazon gift cards and cash transactions to his PayPal and Cash App accounts,” the release noted.  

Peck was booked at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino and released on $30,000 bail.  

“This investigation is part of an ongoing operation by the Internet Crimes Against Children’s regional task force known as Online Guardian 2.0 to crack down on the sexual exploitation of children online. The regional task force includes law enforcement agencies from San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties,” authorities said. 

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact Redlands Police Dispatch at 909-798-7681, ext. 1.