College Park mayor arrested on 56 counts of child pornography; Faces up to 360 years in prison

[ItsjustMe]

College Park mayor arrested on 56 counts of child pornography; Faces up to 360 years in prison

The mayor of College Park was arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography Thursday morning, according to officials.

47-year-old Patrick Wojahn faces up to 360 years in prison after being charged by Prince George's County Police with 40 counts of possession of child exploitative material and 16 counts of distribution of child exploitative material.

Police say on February 17, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified PGPD that a social media account in Prince George's County distributed suspected child pornography in January. Police say they investigated the matter and found the social media account with the screen name "skippy_md" belonged to Wojahn. Investigators believe Wojahn was using a virtual private network (VPN) to mask his location when accessing the social media account.

Investigators say they linked the social media account to Wojahn after a subpoena revealed that his College Park government email address was listed as the recovery email for the account. They also discovered Wojahn's phone number and home IP address were linked to the account.

Detectives served a search warrant at Wojahn's home on February 28, recovering multiple cell phones, a storage device, a tablet and a computer. According to court documents, investigators discovered several pieces of child pornography involving prepubescent boys on the devices.

[Karadeniz]

1. Political party?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Dem :(

[Aristus]

6. Our party punishes our transgressors.

The GOP nominates theirs for President.

[twodogsbarking]

3. Other reports say former mayor. It is Maryland btw.

[spooky3]

4. Per the linked article, he resigned as mayor last Weds. nt

[twodogsbarking]

5. I see.

[republianmushroom]

7. Salt him away.