BOSTON, July 2, 2013 —A Mattapan man was ordered held on high bail and had his bail in an open case revoked at his arraignment yesterday on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

LUIS GONZALEZ (D.O.B. 8/12/92) was arraigned in Dorchester District Court on charges of possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and possession of a Class B substance.  Assistant District Attorney Michael Callahan requested that bail be set at $75,000 and that Gonzalez be ordered to stay away and have no contact with anyone under the age of 18.  He additionally requested that Gonzalez’s bail in an open case out of Lawrence charging him with assault and battery, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.  Judge James Coffey set bail at $35,000, imposed the requested condition, and revoked Gonzalez’s open bail.

According to prosecutors, State Police assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force developed information that an unknown user of a peer-to-peer file-sharing program was distributing disturbing video clips depicting child pornography. Troopers were able to connect with that user’s computer through the program and identified dozens of files believed to contain explicit images of children.

Using an administrative subpoena, investigators were able to obtain the subscriber information linked to the computer hosting the child pornography. The digital trail led to Gonzalez’ Norfolk Street home, and State Police then provided their evidence to the Boston Police Crimes Against Children Unit.

Shortly before 10:00 a.m. Friday, Boston Police and Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search warrant at that location and recovered two computers and three external storage drives that contained additional graphic images of children, prosecutors said.  Also found was a small plastic bag containing a rock-like substance believed to be crack cocaine. Gonzalez was at work, so detectives traveled to his place of employment, transported him to District E-5 for an interview, and placed him under arrest.

Gonzalez was represented by Alyssa Pelletier.  He will return to court on August 1.

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