Former Firefighter Faces Child Porn Charges

0:00A former Kansas City Kansas firefighter named Devon Rich, 41 years old, is staying locked up on federal child pornography charges after A, judge shut down his release request this Monday. Earlier this week in court, prosecutors highlighted his past run-in back in 2018 when he got charged for child exploitation after swapping. Explicit messages with an undercover agent posing as a 14-year-old girl, plus sending a listed material to someone else. At that time around, he cut a plea deal dropping it to a misdemeanor computer trespassing charge, landing him probation and required sex offender. Therapy. But now he's facing fresh heat from a secret service probe that kicked off with a tip about kick activity in 2021. Investigators traced uploads to his IP addresses at home and his parents' place. Even though his seized devices came of clean, they pointed to videos. Showing an infant girl and a five-year-old, getting assaulted as key evidence in his six distribution counts and one possession count.

1:00Rich split from the fire department back in 2020, and with a status conference set for May 12th, this case is far from rap dies day. Glue it on what comes next. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Kansas News today, AI-powered