BUFFALO, NY
Two people were cleaning an apartment last year so it could be rented to another tenant when one of them found a thumb drive and an electronic tablet and turned these items over to police, officials said.
The police investigated and got a search warrant for the digital media and the apartment, according to authorities.
Friday, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging David Barraclough, 31, of the City of Tonawanda, with five counts of producing and attempting to produce child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.
Barraclough is now facing from 25 years to 50 years in prison.
A forensic analysis of the thumb drive and tablet revealed 238 images and five videos of child pornography, officials said.
Also included on the tablet were numerous sexually explicit text conversations. One of the conversations was between Barraclough and a 14 year old girl in Virginia, according to authorities.
Barraclough is presumed innocent until proven guilty.