Man arrested after several hundred photos and videos of CSAM located on phone
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- Man arrested after police found several hundred CSAM photos and videos on his phone during March 2025 search warrant execution.
- Investigation began January 2025 from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children cyber tip; suspect resisted arrest and damaged phone.
LaGrange police have arrested a man after a months-long investigation into CSAM-Child Sexual Abuse Material.
The investigation began on January 24, 2025, when the LaGrange Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division ICAC Taskforce began an investigation into the possession of CSAM, Child Sexual Abuse Material, based on a cyber tip provided through the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.
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Nearly two months later, detectives located a male subject, now identified as Keny Holmes Pena, and executed a search warrant on March 27, 2025 around 3 P.M.
“During the execution of the search warrant, Holmes began to resist officers and threw his phone, breaking it in an attempt to destroy or conceal evidence on the phone,” police said. “Holmes was found to possess several hundred photographs and videos that are considered CSAM.”
The Lagrange Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is investigating the incident. Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Detective W. Hackett at 706-883-2697. Information can also be shared anonymously through Troup County CrimeStoppers by calling 706-812-1000.
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