Sep 26, 2007 11:44 am US/Central
Mansfield Police Find Child Porn On Cell Phone
by Stephanie Lucero
MANSFIELD (CBS 11 News) ―
A North Texas high school student is accused of using his cell phone to make child porn and police are asking the public for help in identifying the victims.
A day after Mansfield Police confiscated two cell phones when they stopped an 18-year-old on a bicycle they say they found nudity, child pornography and a possible sexual assault in progress.
During police dash camera video moments after Deaun Akles was stopped by police, the officers say when they flipped open one of them, there was an image of a topless girl on the main screen.
"How old is she?" one of the detectives is heard asking on the video. Akles responds, 15.
"Okay, you gave him permission to use your phone and he found a picture of a 15-year-old girl naked on your phone? You're being arrested for possession of child pornography," the officer responds.
Mansfield police say the two cell phones contained numerous pictures of child pornography.
On Tuesday, the day after Akles' arrest, authorities say video in the cell phone was most disturbing.
"The victim is engaged in sexual intercourse," explains Det. Barry Moore with the Mansfield Police Department.
"It doesn't appear that she is a willing participant. It appears that she is probably early teens and we want to identify her to, of course, bring justice to her and also … to figure out who this person that's committing these acts."
Akles bonded out of jail on Tuesday and CBS 11 was unable to locate him, but a woman Janice Moore says she is his mother and defends him.
"He's riding his bicycle tending to his business, what right does this officer have to harass him?" she asks. "But they're saying they found children, child pornography? That's a lie. That is false accusation."
Mansfield police believe Akles may have photographed the possible sexual assault in progress so they are looking for the other male involved. They also are looking for the victims.
Anyone who has had any personal contact with Akles is urged to call Mansfield Police. Authorities also are concerned the images may have been forwarded to other people.
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