MARTINEZ — A jury has discovered a person responsible of aggravated possession of kid pornography and trying to destroy proof, the Contra Costa County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated Wednesday.
A six-day trial ended Tuesday with jurors’ discovering that Received Kwak, 30, had greater than 600 photos displaying youngsters participating in sexually express conduct on Nov. 24, 2020, when members of a process drive combating on-line crimes in opposition to youngsters served a search warrant at his Nice Hill residence.
In line with proof, the Contra Costa County Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters Job Drive obtained a search warrant after they realized that somebody on the residence had made sexually express photos of youngsters out there on-line.
“When officers knocked on the entrance door, Kwak appeared by means of the blinds, noticed the cops, after which went to his laptop and commenced deleting information of kid pornography,” an announcement learn, including {that a} Harmony police detective it referred to as a digital forensics professional “was capable of recuperate lots of these information and display to the jury precisely what Kwak did to delete them.”
In a sentencing listening to scheduled for Jan. 7, Kwak faces as much as a most 5 years in state jail.
Detectives and investigators with Walnut Creek, Antioch, Martinez, San Ramon, Harmony and Moraga police departments and the Contra Costa County sheriff’s workplace, probation division and district lawyer’s workplace take part within the process drive, which is managed by San Jose police.
Mother and father in search of details about on-line security for kids might go to kidsmartz.org.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
