A former New York Metropolis councilman who as soon as did time in federal jail in a bribery scheme has been arrested on youngster pornography fees in Miami.
Daniel James Halloran, 53, was arrested at Miami Worldwide Airport on Saturday on fees of possession of kid pornography and transportation of kid pornography.
In line with a legal criticism, U.S. Customs and Border Safety brokers searched Halloran’s iPhone as he arrived on the airport and located a number of movies of kid pornography in a hidden folder.
A minimum of 35 movies confirmed younger kids performing numerous intercourse acts, the criticism stated.
A CBP officer additionally discovered a textual content dialog on Telegram that indicated Halloran had bought youngster pornography, the criticism stated.
In all, authorities discovered 1,362 movies saved within the hidden folder, and Halloran advised officers round two-thirds to three-quarters of the movies depicted youngster pornography, the criticism stated.
Data confirmed Halloran, who had stopped at MIA after arriving on a flight from Cuba on his technique to New York, was booked into the Broward County jail earlier than he was moved to federal detention in Miami.
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Halloran had been sentenced to 10 years in federal jail again in 2015 for his half in a scheme to assist a Democratic state senator run for mayor as a Republican.
Along with the bribery and fraud conviction Halloran, a Queens Republican, was additionally convicted of taking payoffs from what he thought had been builders who needed him to funnel metropolis cash to them. The lads had been really working for the FBI.
Halloran had been elected to the New York Metropolis Council in 2009 and served till 2013, when he was arrested.
