Highschooler = International Porn Ring leader...

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Overseas Investigators Find Evidence Against Bellevue Man

19-Year-Old Charged In International Porn Ring

 

POSTED: 9:05 am CDT May 18, 2005

UPDATED: 9:17 am CDT May 18, 2005

 

BELLEVUE, Neb. -- A Bellevue man accused of possessing child pornography was caught by investigators across the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Brian Decinque, 19, was in high school when investigators found child pornography at his home. Thousands of miles from Bellevue, investigators in Denmark and the Netherlands were finding ties between an Internet child porn ring and Decinque's computer.

 

"The images originated from Europe, and when they dismantled that ring they provided us with approximately 2,000 subscribers," said federal agent Michael G. Wardy.

 

Decinque was allegedly one member of the ring who was sharing the files he'd downloaded. Wardy's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office acted on the overseas tip. His agents and Nebraska state troopers searched Decinque's house. Wardy said child porn was found on two computers.

 

"This was shocking," Wardy said."He was still attending high school when he was allegedly committing these crimes."

 

Decinque was 18 and a senior at Bellevue East High School.

 

"This is a little unusual to find someone this young," said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov.

 

Polikov said Decinque could be the youngest child porn suspect his office has ever dealt with. The office arraigned Decinque last week for possession of child pornography. He was charged as an adult.

 

"If this were just youthful indiscretion, we wouldn't have moved forward on a charge," Polikov said.

 

Both Polikov and Wardy said cases like Decinque's -- however rare -- indicate that the typical child porn suspect profile is changing.

 

"We're seeing younger people get involved with it, We're seeing married people," Wardy said.

 

Decinque was unreachable for comment. His attorney said the teen pleaded not guilty. He said Decinque posted a $5,000 and is required to live with his parents until a hearing on July 12.