Man arrested with nearly 3,000 images of child sexual abuse
Redlands Police detectives arrested a 30-year-old Victorville man for possession and distribution of nearly 3,000 images of child sexual abuse after receiving two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Bradley Clarence Peck was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 13, during a traffic stop near his home in the 13300 block of First Avenue in Victorville. Peck works for a company with locations in Redlands and Rancho Cucamonga.
Detectives served a search warrant at the residence and recovered numerous electronic devices containing more than 2,950 images of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
Investigators determined that Peck used a KIK messenger app account to upload multiple files of CSAM in approximately 20 transactions to other users. Peck sold the images through KIK and other online apps in exchange for Amazon gift cards and cash transactions to his Pay Pal and Cash App accounts.
Peck was booked Tuesday into Central Detention Center in San Bernardino. He was released Wednesday on $30,000 bail.
This investigation is part of an ongoing operation by the Internet Crimes Against Children’s regional task force known as Online Guardian 2.0 to crack down on the sexual exploitation of children online. The regional task force includes law enforcement agencies from San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Anyone with information regarding crime or suspicious activity is asked to contact Redlands Police Dispatch at (909) 798-7681 ext. 1. Certain non-emergency crimes may also be reported online using the Redlands Police Department’s CopLogic reporting system at www.cityofredlands.org/report-crime. Suspicious activity and tips can be reported using the City of Redlands 311 mobile app available for Android, iPhones, and iPads.