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Salisbury Man Charged with Possession of Child Porn Released-Thursday, March 27, 2008 Georgetown-Yesterday, Delaware State Police criminal investigators assigned to the Troop 4 Criminal Investigation Unit charged a Salisbury Maryland man with thirty-two counts of possession of child pornography. The investigation began on December 31, 2007 when detectives were contacted by the suspect’s fiancé. According to the woman, the suspect later identified as Joseph D. Willey, 39, of Salisbury, Md., had a computer at her home located in Georgetown. The woman told investigators she observed a pornographic image printing out off the computer in the presence of Willey. She immediately questioned Willey about the photos. She became very curious about the photos and went to check the computer while Willey was at work. She said Willey had a password protecting all the computer files blocking her out. She called the Delaware State Police to have the computer analyze and wanted the computer out of her house. A search warrant was obtained for the evaluation of the computer. Delaware State Police criminal investigators assigned to the High Tech Crimes Unit executed the search warrant. During a forensic evaluation the computer’s hard drive there were hundreds of photos and videos of child pornography belonging to Willey. As a result of this investigation, troopers formally charged Willey with thirty-two counts of Possession of Child Pornography (F). He was arraigned and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution in lieu of $150,000.00 secured bond.
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