A FORMER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER IS IN A FEDERAL COURTROOM THURSDAY MORNING. NELSON BEGAY FACES A LONG PRISON TERM IF HE'S CONVICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. THE 32 YEAR OLD BEGAY WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY, SHORTLY AFTER HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE POLICE FORCE. BEGAY RESIGNED FROM APD ON TUESDAY EVENING.
BEGAY'S ACCUSED OF RECEIVING AND POSSESSING VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS. A FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT BEGAY'S HOME IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE LAST WEEK AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS RAIDED THE HOUSE.
