Tip from Google leads to arrest of US man on child porn counts, sheriff says


Jakob Zachary Mier, 28, faces eight counts of pornography involving juveniles after authorities found dozens of explicit images uploaded to a Google account created with an email using Mier’s first and last name, an affidavit for Mier’s arrest says. — Reuters

A Baton Rouge man was arrested after a tip from Google led authorities to discover he had uploaded several images of child pornography online, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's office said.

Jakob Zachary Mier, 28, faces eight counts of pornography involving juveniles after authorities found dozens of explicit images uploaded to a Google account created with an email using Mier’s first and last name, an affidavit for Mier’s arrest says.

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