Cary police have special task force for child porn cases

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>>> AND DISTURBING CASE WE HAVE

BEEN TRACKING IN KERRY IS NOW

EVEN WORSE.

WE TOLD YOU INVESTIGATORS

ACCUSED PAUL SULLIVAN OF MAKING

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH VICTIMS

AS YOUNG AS ONE-YEAR-OLD.

IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES WE HAVE

LEARNED HIS ARREST AS PART OF A

BIGGER CRACKDOWN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

. SET THE LARGER PICTURE HAS A

NAME.

OPERATION SOUTHERN IMPACT

THREE.

82 ARRESTS IN SOUTHEAST.

SIX IN NORTH CAROLINA ALL OF

THE SUSPECTS FACE CHARGES

INVOLVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

OR OTHERWISE SEXUALLY

EXPLOITING MINORS.

UC TECHNOLOGY AND THE WEB.

THE TECHNOLOGY OPERATION WAS

PUT TOGETHER BY 10 TASKFORCES.

TRYING TO FIND CASES AND MAKE

THE ARREST.

KERRY HAS THE ONLY ONE UNIT IN

WADE COUNTY.

WE ARE LIVE WITH A CLOSER LOOK

AT WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO

IT.

ADAM?

>> Reporter: WITH ONE OF THOSE

PARTICULAR CASES IN KERRY THAT

WAS IN COURT EARLIER TODAY,

POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED WHEN

A MESSAGING APP ALERTED

AUTHORITIES.

THEY SAY A PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGE

OF A TEENAGE GIRL HAD BEEN

UPLOADED TO THEIR SERVICE.

IT WAS TRACED BACK TO THE TOWN

OF CARY.

51-YEAR-OLD PAUL SULLIVAN IS

CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS.

FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL

EXPLANATION OF A MINOR.

THEY SAY THEY FOUND EVIDENCE ON

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AT HIS HOME.

ON LINDEN VALLEY COURT.

HE CREATED PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES

WITH CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES

OF ONE AND SEVEN YEARS OLD.

PEOPLE AT HIS ADDRESS DECLINED

TO COMMENT.

>> THE MESSAGING SERVICE SAYS

TO THE TASK FORCE, SOMEBODY

UPLOADED AN IMAGE ON THIS DATE

AND TIME.

HERE IS THE INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: CARRIE IS THE ONLY

POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WADE

COUNTY ANTICIPATING IN THE

INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

OR IX TASK FORCE.

NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF FORCE

AGENCIES.

IT IS A SPECIAL GROUP OF

DETECTIVES, WHO WERE CRIMES

INVOLVING ONLINE CHILD

PORNOGRAPHY.

AMONG OTHER THINGS.

>> THEIR TECHNIQUES HAVE

EVOLVED TO ADDRESS IT.

>> Reporter: THE CAPTAIN SAYS

THEIR WORK MUST A SECRET TO

STAY AHEAD OF POTENTIAL

PREDATORS.

>> IT IS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME.

>> Reporter: AT TIMES THEY ARE

INVOLVED IN CASES IN OTHER

CITIES OR OTHER STATES WITH A

BUDGET OF AROUND $200,000 A

YEAR.

BEFORE PERSONNEL COSTS.

>> Reporter: WHY IS IT WORTH

IT?

>> THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT

CHILDREN AND KEEP THEM SAFE.

>> Reporter: POLICE TELL US THE

CHILD VICTIMS HAVE BEEN

IDENTIFIED.

OTHERS HAVE NOT.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. TO TRY

TO GET SOME OF THE VICTIMS

IDENTIFIED.

THEY BOND IS SET AT $3 MILLION

FOR SULLIVAN.

>> AS WE MENTIONED, IS WAS ONE

OF SIX ARRESTS AS PART OF THE

CRACKDOWN.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE WERE

THERE WHEN DAVID KIMBALL, A

YOUTH DIRECTOR AT CORNERSTONE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH APPEARED IN

COURT FOR POSSESSING CHILD

MONOWI.

POLICE NOW CONFIRM HIS ARREST

WAS ALSO PART OF THE CRACKDOWN.

AUTHORITIES MADE ARRESTS AT

NASH COUNTY, CHARLOTTE AND

GUILFORD COUNTY.

AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED

THE LOCATION OR CIRCUMSTANCES