{"id":234756,"date":"2026-04-16T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234756\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:11:07","slug":"tampa-man-facing-100-counts-of-child-porn-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234756\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man facing 100 counts of child porn possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation by the Internet Predator Unit, which discovered child sexual abuse materials were being downloaded in a Tampa residence, resulted in an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Hillsborough County deputies arrested a Tampa man and charged him with 100 counts of possession of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/regional\/florida\/support-programs-victims-child-abuse-human-trafficking\/67-5eaed7cc-9c07-494a-be26-17a53782e06e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">child pornography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said Thursday that Antionce Bravo, 31, was arrested after deputies executed a search warrant at a home on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/gQFwyxwiqZmcMYFn6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cedar Trace Circle<\/a> in the University area.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began after the Internet Predator Unit discovered that child sexual abuse materials were being downloaded from that address.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said that when they arrived on Thursday, they learned that Bravo tried to destroy multiple electronic devices, including a cellphone, a laptop and two desktop computers. Once evidence was recovered, detectives said they found child sexual abuse materials in them.<\/p>\n<p>Bravo is now facing multiple charges, including 100 counts of solicitation or possession of child pornography, four counts of tampering with physical evidence, unlawful use of a two-way communications device as well as charges for film, distribution or possession of video or image of sexual activity with an animal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These crimes are among the most heinous we investigate,&#8221; Sheriff Chad Chronister said. &#8220;Despite this individual&#8217;s attempt to destroy evidence, our team acted quickly to secure what was needed to hold him accountable.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This remains an active investigation.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/regional\/florida\/support-programs-victims-child-abuse-human-trafficking\/67-5eaed7cc-9c07-494a-be26-17a53782e06e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">As child porn, human trafficking cases affect Tampa Bay area, an organization highlights what it takes to help victims heal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation by the Internet Predator Unit, which discovered child sexual abuse materials were being downloaded in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-234756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}