Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) – A Belen man is facing federal charges following an investigation where investigators found two online accounts that contained suspected child sexual abuse material.
According to court documents, in June, Google submitted two CyberTipline reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children after identifying suspected a combined 25 files of Child Sexual Abuse Material associated with two Google accounts linked to the same phone number.
51-year old David Candido Gomez, was arrested after the FBI executed a search warrant last week on July 30. He’s charged with possession of child pornography and will remain in custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled.
If convicted Gomez faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
The FBI is now conducting an investigation, including efforts to identify victims depicted in the material found on Gomez’s accounts.
The New Mexico Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force initiated this investigation, which was later turned over to the FBI Albuquerque Field Office Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.
