{"id":299029,"date":"2026-06-07T08:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299029\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T08:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:41:25","slug":"tallahassee-man-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-material-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299029\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee man arrested on child sex abuse material charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Tallahassee Democrat;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Tallahassee Democrat\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arianna Otero, Tallahassee Democrat<\/p>\n<p>Fri, June 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"503\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_tallahassee_democrat_960\/5b857a1487c8cea741f401225911dbd6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee man arrested on child sex abuse material charges<\/p>\n<p>The Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has arrested a Tallahassee man and charged him with possession of material involving child sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Devery Delon Holmes, 38, has been charged with 99 counts of aggravated possession of child pornography and one count of use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a CyberTip regarding the suspected upload of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM.<\/p>\n<p>LCSO&#8217;s Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) Unit identified Holmes as the person associated with the account under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, detectives determined that Holmes&#8217; cloud storage account contained 99 media files depicting child sexual abuse. Based on the evidence gathered, detectives obtained a search warrant for Holmes&#8217; residence.<\/p>\n<p>On June 5, members of the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s HEAT Unit, with assistance from the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s SWAT Team and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Holmes&#8217; home in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office remains committed to identifying those who victimize children and ensuring they are held accountable,&#8221; Sheriff Walt McNeil said in a statement. &#8220;I commend our HEAT Unit detectives and our law enforcement partners for their dedication and professionalism throughout this investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains active and ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Arianna Otero is the trending and breaking news reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact her via email at <a data-ylk=\"slk:AOtero@tallahassee.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/mailto:AOtero@tallahassee.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AOtero@tallahassee.com<\/a> and follow her on X: <a data-ylk=\"slk:@ari_v_otero;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ari_v_otero\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@ari_v_otero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Tallahassee man arrested on child sex abuse material charges;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/05\/tallahassee-man-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-material-charges\/90427319007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee man arrested on child sex abuse material charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arianna Otero, Tallahassee Democrat Fri, June 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC Tallahassee man arrested on child sex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[14676,125314,71129,58614,232,234,233,36853],"class_list":["post-299029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-child-sexual-abuse","tag-devery-delon-holmes","tag-leon-county-sheriff39s-office","tag-national-center-for-missing-and-exploited-children","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-the-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299029","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=299029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}