- October 11, 2024
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Deputies have arrested a 24-year-old Palm Coast man on 15 charges of child pornography possession after a 16-month investigation.
Christopher Carlo Caschera Jr. was arrested on June 14 after Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies allegedly found child pornography on Caschera’s phones.
The FCSO received a cyber tip in February 2022 about 17 child pornography videos and photos uploaded to an email address and username that investigators later linked to Caschera Jr., according to his arrest report.
The tip included an IP address — a numeric address identifying a computer on the internet — an email address and a username for a social media messaging platform.
Deputies investigated for nine months, then searched a home on Pittman Drive in Palm Coast in December, confiscating two cell phones owned by Caschera Jr. and connected to the email and IP addresses uncovered in the investigation, the report said.
Investigators analyzed the devices, finding fifteen files of child pornography, the report said. A judge issued a warrant for Caschera's arrest on June 14.
Caschera Jr. was released from jail on $150,000 bond on June 15.
