A Chelsea man accused of four counts of possessing child pornography had his bail raised to $25,000 today after Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office told a Superior Court judge that he “seeks out places where children are,” in violation of existing court orders.

DAVID WILLIAM REXFORD (D.O.B. 2/2/62) was indicted by the Suffolk County Grand Jury after taking his Compaq Presario computer to a Revere business to have work done. Employees of that business found images believed to be child pornography on the hard drive and notified Revere Police, who seized it in late March.

State Police subsequently conducted a forensic examination of Rexford’s computer – which the defendant claimed to have inherited from a deceased person – and found on it multiple pornographic images depicting children under the age of 18.

Rexford is a registered as a Level III sex offender after multiple convictions in the State of Michigan.

Rexford was arraigned in Chelsea District Court on April 7 and released after posting $1,000 cash bail. Among the terms of his release were that he stay away from children and that he not use computers.

At a Suffolk Superior Court hearing today, Judge Elizabeth Donovan raised his bail to $25,000 after Assistant District Attorney Ellen Lemire recited a litany of instances in which Rexford was seen with or watching young children.

Lemire, assigned to Conley’s Child Protection Unit, said that Rexford had gone on a boat cruise hosted by Chelsea officials that featured young children on board earlier this summer. She also said Rexford was spotted by a Chelsea firefighter on June 15 taking up at least three different positions to watch children at Kayem Park. When Chelsea Police stopped him, he was carrying a large number of pink bandannas. She further said Rexford attended a Grove Street block party on July 17 wearing a sombrero and handing out pink cards with his phone number.

Each of those incidents took place after Rexford’s first court date in Chelsea.

“A GPS device can monitor where the defendant is but not what he does,” Lemire said in requesting $50,000 cash bail. “It cannot stop him from stopping at a park … The defendant seeks out places where children are.”

In addition to setting bail, Donovan ordered that Rexford stay away from any children under 16.

“If he sees a child on the street, he’s to turn away and leave,” Donovan said. “He’s not to go to block parties where there are children. He’s not to go to parks where there are children.”

Rexford will return to the Magistrate’s Session of Suffolk Superior Court on Aug. 18 to schedule his trial and any intermediary court dates. He is represented by attorney David Burgess.