Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit and School Resource Officers worked together to continue to protect children during the COVID19 pandemic. Cyber Investigators and SROs combined their efforts to combat dangerous child pornography crimes in Okaloosa County. The School Resource Officers provided the personnel to execute the search warrants produced by the many hours of difficult investigative work the Cyber Crimes Unit had already invested. In the early part of May this month, five separate search warrants were executed at residences throughout Okaloosa County. As a result, the following suspects have been arrested.
30-year old Christopher J. Howard of Crestview charged with 20 counts Possession of Child Pornography . 54 images/videos of Child Pornography recovered, victims as young as age 4
20-year old Talon C. Gamblin of Crestview charged with 20 counts Possession of Child Pornography, Transmission of Child Pornography, and Use of a Two-Way Communication Device to Facilitate a Felony
64 images/videos of Child Pornography recovered, victims as young as age 7
18-year old Michael J. Wilson of Shalimar charged with 25 counts Possession of Child Pornography Over 2000 images/videos of Child Pornography recovered, victims as young as age 2
49-year old Curtis G. Jordan of Holt charged with 30 counts Possession of Child Pornography Over 4000 images/videos of Child Pornography recovered, victims as young as age 3
56-year old John E. Peloquin of Shalimar charged with 15 counts Possession of Child Pornography 15 images/videos of Child Pornography recovered, victims as young as age 5
Navarre Newspaper reminds our readers that Christopher J. Howard , Talon C. Gamblin , Michael J. Wilson , Curtis G. Jordan , John E. Peloquin are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.
