Brandon Norris, a 24-year-old man from Port St. Lucie, was arrested after police discovered videos depicting child pornography and sexual activity with animals uploaded to Dropbox.Norris is now in the St. Lucie County jail.His bond was set at $2.7 million.”The courts take child pornography and exploitation of children very, very seriously. That’s a significant bond,” said Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemczyk.According to the arrest affidavit, police received a tip on May 13 that someone had uploaded three videos to Dropbox, which included sex with children aged 7-9, 10-12, and 8-10 years. Investigators spent months issuing subpoenas to uncover more evidence from Norris’s Dropbox account, a process Chief Niemczyk described as slow.”Most providers have 30 days to respond to a subpoena. So you send a subpoena off, that bad guy is out there doing bad things for another month before we can even collect evidence,” Niemczyk said.Police discovered Norris had created multiple online folders with names like “Best Kids Videos,” containing 26 more pornographic videos, some involving children as young as six months old. Investigators were required to watch every second of the footage.”Detectives doing that type of assignment typically don’t last more than a couple of years doing that job. It’s very stressful and it’s very disturbing,” Niemczyk said.More than five months after the investigation began, police traced the videos to a home on Northwest Begonia Avenue, leading to Norris’s arrest. Chief Niemczyk stated that they are just now starting to go through Norris’s personal devices, like his phone, and expect to find more videos and file additional charges against him.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here. Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. —
Brandon Norris, a 24-year-old man from Port St. Lucie, was arrested after police discovered videos depicting child pornography and sexual activity with animals uploaded to Dropbox.
Norris is now in the St. Lucie County jail.
His bond was set at $2.7 million.
“The courts take child pornography and exploitation of children very, very seriously. That’s a significant bond,” said Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemczyk.
According to the arrest affidavit, police received a tip on May 13 that someone had uploaded three videos to Dropbox, which included sex with children aged 7-9, 10-12, and 8-10 years. Investigators spent months issuing subpoenas to uncover more evidence from Norris’s Dropbox account, a process Chief Niemczyk described as slow.
“Most providers have 30 days to respond to a subpoena. So you send a subpoena off, that bad guy is out there doing bad things for another month before we can even collect evidence,” Niemczyk said.
Police discovered Norris had created multiple online folders with names like “Best Kids Videos,” containing 26 more pornographic videos, some involving children as young as six months old. Investigators were required to watch every second of the footage.
“Detectives doing that type of assignment typically don’t last more than a couple of years doing that job. It’s very stressful and it’s very disturbing,” Niemczyk said.
More than five months after the investigation began, police traced the videos to a home on Northwest Begonia Avenue, leading to Norris’s arrest. Chief Niemczyk stated that they are just now starting to go through Norris’s personal devices, like his phone, and expect to find more videos and file additional charges against him.
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