ST. CLOUD, Fla. \u2013 A Central Florida man was captured out of state this week in a massive child porn case out of Osceola County, according to Attorney General James Uthmeier.<\/p>\n
In a release, Uthmeier announced that the man \u2014 identified as Adam Wahlgren, 52, of St. Cloud \u2014 was arrested in Arkansas on 80 counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).<\/p>\n
\u201cThis predator thought that he could escape the consequences of his depraved behavior by running to another state. He was wrong,\u201d Uthmeier said. \u201cIn Florida, we will find you and bring you back to face our prosecutors in court.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Investigators revealed that the investigation was originally launched after the St. Cloud Police Department received a tip that Wahlgren owned, watched and transmitted CSAM via Synchronoss, Verizon\u2019s data storage service.<\/p>\n
Detectives said they later searched Wahlgren\u2019s home, where they seized several electronic devices, including a tablet, two laptop computers, a desktop computer, nine USB drives, two external drivers, two SD cards, and 28 hard drives.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreliminary extractions of the devices led to the discovery of extremely graphic images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, including files in which young children were physically bound,\u201d the release reads. \u201cOver 100,000 files were located on a single device.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Wahlgren fled the state during the investigation, he was ultimately caught in Lonoke, Arkansas, on May 1, the police department explained. He is set to be extradited back to Florida.<\/p>\n
Adam Wahlgren, 52 (Lonoke County Jail)<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Wahlgren faces up to 1,200 years in prison if convicted on all counts, investigators added. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe investigation is ongoing, and more charges may be filed as needed,\u201d the release concludes.<\/p>\n
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