A former New York Metropolis councilman who as soon as did time in federal jail in a bribery scheme has been indicted on baby pornography costs in Miami.
Daniel Halloran was arrested March 29 at Miami Worldwide Airport as he was making an attempt to board a connecting flight to New York after leaving Cuba.
Throughout a secondary inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Safety, officers allegedly discovered a hidden picture album on the 54-year-old’s cellphone that contained the illicit materials, which included movies of prepubescent youngsters.
A minimum of 35 movies confirmed younger youngsters performing varied intercourse acts, a felony criticism said. A CBP officer additionally discovered a textual content dialog on Telegram that indicated Halloran had bought baby 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 baby pornography, the criticism stated. Halloran was arraigned on April 14.
Broward Sheriff’s Workplace
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Dan Halloran
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 have been builders who needed him to funnel metropolis cash to them. The boys have been truly working for the FBI.
Halloran had been elected to the New York Metropolis Council in 2009 and served till 2013, when he was arrested.