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Van Hollen told reporters on March 19 that a supervisor and an agent had lost their jobs. He said an internal investigation found they were responsible for delays in assigning and investigating tips about online child pornography. In one instance, a DOJ agent identified an Internet address that was distributing child porn in December 2012. The case was assigned in February 2013 but it took a year to execute a search warrant at the man's home in Racine. After being arrested, he confessed to inappropriately touching an 11-year-old boy the weekend before the warrant was executed. In another case, DOJ got a tip in March 2011 alleging a Pewaukee man had distributed child porn via Facebook but the agency didn't notify local police until April 2013, more than two years later. The man's attorney argued the search warrant police executed at the man's home was dated, resulting in a plea deal that kept the man off the state's sex offender registry. [...snap...] Full article: http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25614081/wisconsin-agent-let-43-child-porn-cases-languish |