MESA, AZ — A cyber tip led to the arrest of a man who uploaded child pornography pictures of an 8-year-old girl.
Mesa police report that on July 8 they received a tip regarding 27 child porn images uploaded to 'Flickr.' The photos depicted an 8-year-old girl being sexually abused by an adult man, police say.
According to court records, there was also two images of a man later identified as 46-year-old Edward Clarence Elder. Police determined that the photos were uploaded from a computer at a home near Higley and Brown roads, where Elder lives.
Police say the 27 images were also found on the phone located in Elder's bedroom.
Police later identified the victim, whose mother reportedly said she recognized the room where the pictures were taken. She allegedly told police the room was from an apartment that Elder lived in a few years ago.
Elder is being held on a $150,000 cash bond on ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
