PORTLAND, Maine — A South Carolina man has been charged in U.S. District Court with sending child pornography to a local man.
Daniel Cobb, 37, of Rock Hill, S.C., was arrested Nov. 15 and charged with transportation of child pornography, according to documents filed Friday in federal court in Portland.
Rock Hill is located about 70 miles north of Columbia, the state capital.
A federal judge in Columbia, S.C., ordered that Cobb be held without bail.
His initial appearance in Maine has not been set. It could not be determined Saturday if he has been transported to Maine or not.
Cobb allegedly traded child pornography with David Muise, 26, of Portland who was arrested Oct. 12 at his home, which he shared with his daughter and son, both under the age of 5.
Cobb’s children both are under the age of 10, according to court documents.
Muise is facing the more serious charge of sexual exploitation of a child.
The men came to the attention of investigators in September after the Portland man allegedly sent a photo of his genitalia over a clothed child sleeping on her stomach to a Canadian girlfriend in Langley, British Columbia. The woman contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who alerted American authorities.
Muise, who is being held without bail, admitted that he had shared child pornography with others, including a person using the email address doyawill@yahoo.com. Investigators traced that email address to Cobb, according to court documents.
An examination of Muise’s computer indicated that he and Cobb made “extensive sexual comments about each other’s daughters” in online chats. The two fathers appeared “to be sharing sexually explicit photos and videos” of the victims and also [to be] actively molesting them for each other via web cameras,” the affidavit filed in support a warrant to arrest Cobb said.
If convicted, Cobb faces a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison and a maximum of 20. Muise faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and a maximum of $250,000.
That HAS to be the height of perversion! Tip of the iceberg though. :(
They should not include anything in the story which reveals identities of the victims. I reported it and hope it gets fixed pronto.
they didn”t report anything to ID the victims except their age.. I must have missed something!!
if they ID a molester in the paper, and the paper reports that it was the molesters own child, that right there ID’s the victim –
I hear you, but they can’t report the perpetrator but not the victim was in regard to if they are a family member, friend’s child, or random child. The public should be aware of that, at least. Unfortunately when it’s his own child, yes, there is no way to hid that child’s identity-at least to those who know the perpetrator.
I see lots of stories where they limit it to something like “victim under the age of …” and that’s all we need to know if it’s somebody in our neighborhood.
Evil. Those poor kids.
These sickos were “actively molesting” their OWN children over a webcam, and ALL THEY GET IS A CHILD PORN CHARGE???? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY?
A lot more than you think…this little baby was only two and it was by her own monster of a mother. http://bangor-launch.newspackstaging.com/2011/03/14/news/bangor/mars-hill-woman-gets-20-years-for-making-child-pornography-of-her-own-daughter/
Sick just plain sick!
Send both of them to the worst place on earth…hell! Guess which country that is…
Ohio?
Ohio is not a country.
Thanks for sharing that, captain — i was implying the ‘worst place on Earth,’ Feel free to step off now, dig?
Ever been to Yellow Springs? Just sayin… how much Ohio do you know?
I was just bust’in your chops Bill.
This is so very sick. Hopefully, these children can go in GOOD homes and go to people that LOVE THEM and not do any harm to these poor babies anymore! Sick, sick, sick and did I sick people!!!!
What is it with the child pornography craze? There are stories on the news and in the paper practically everyday. What on Earth is even remotely appealing about looking at children in this mannor? Is it curiosity? Perversion(obviously)? What? You know you’re gonna get caught, eventually – so why do it? GROSS!!!!!
Death by slowly slicing of their privates one tiny piece at a time. SICK SOBS!
I am noticing that some comments have been deleted, including mine. All I said, in so many words, is that these individuals were not worthy of the title of father. I see other comments that call for castration, etc. I fail to see what was so offensive about what I said. Does anyone else think that they deserve to be fathers?