What to know:
Kevin Charles Cathcart, 57, is accused of distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material, according to a criminal complaint filed Oct. 13.
Federal investigators conducted separate investigations that allegedly linked Cathcart to online accounts and conversations involving child sexual abuse material.
According to the complaint, an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent received two videos depicting child sexual abuse from a Telegram account displayed as “Kevin C” in March 2026.
Investigators said a person told the FBI that a man identified as “Kevin” allegedly discussed having sex with a person as young as 12.
The person told investigators that the man said he was a Little League baseball umpire. Investigators also cited dating-site messages that allegedly referenced umpiring youth baseball games.
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — A Waterford man, who said he is also an umpire for a Little League baseball team, is accused of watching child sexually abusive material with another person and allegedly said “the youngest person” he “had sex” with was “12 years old.”
That’s according to agents with the FBI Detroit Field Division.
Kevin Charles Cathcart, 57, is charged with Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography in a criminal complaint filed Oct. 13. He faced a magistrate in Detroit on Oct. 16, according to court records.
Kevin Charles Cathcart, 57. (Oakland County Sheriff’s Office)The HSI investigation into Cathcart
According to the complaint, there were two investigations into Cathcart.
First, an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent received two videos depicting child sexually abusive material from a Telegram account displayed as “Kevin C” in March 2026 — later identified as belonging to Cathcart, a Waterford resident.
In an excerpt from the exchange, the undercover agent asked, “What kinda stuff you got on here ;)” The account then sent a video that the complaint described as depicting the sexual abuse of two minor boys.
The undercover agent replied, “mmmm dirty how old you think,” and the account answered, “6-9.” The account later sent a second video depicting the sexual abuse of a minor boy, according to the complaint.
The FBI investigation into Cathcart
The FBI said they were investigating another person in 2026 that said they met a man named “Kevin” for sex and watched child sexually abusive material together.
The person also said that during one meeting, “Kevin” joined a Snapchat live call with someone he described as a “16- or 17-year-old boy” who was engaged in a sexual act.
The person said the youngest person “Kevin” had sex with was 12 and that “Kevin” told the person “that he was an umpire for Little League baseball.”
FBI agents obtained a dating-site chat between the person and a user ID suspected of belonging to Cathcart. In messages exchanged from May to June 2026, the user wrote, “…. my pedo mouth,” “I had to umpire a baseball game,” and “I was umpiring at thet [sic] time 12u mmmmmmm[.].”
The feds said the first message appeared to be an admission that Cathcart was “a pedophile” and “sexually attracted to children,” and the last was a reference “to 12-year-olds who play baseball.”
Investigators said they then used records from Telegram, AT&T, the dating website, an internet service provider, and Google to link the accounts and contact information to Cathcart.
Cathcart was arrested, and a Detention Hearing was held on Oct. 19.
He was temporarily detained. A Preliminary Examination is scheduled for Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. in Detroit.
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