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Phoenix police arrested man accused of having child pornography in his home
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Posted: 03/22/2013
PHOENIX - Phoenix police have arrested a man who is accused of having child pornography in his home.
According to Sgt. Steve Martos, police arrested 30-year-old Forrest Brandon Stocks after serving a search warrant at his home near 11th Street and Osborn on Friday.
During the service of the search warrant, police found numerous images depicting children in various sex acts.
Police say Stocks admitted to being in counseling for being attracted to children, and stated he struggled with his addiction.
The search warrant was a result of an investigation that began in December 2012. Detectives also learned that Stocks was a pervious sex offender.
Stocks is being charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and failure to register as a sex offender.
Detectives are asking anyone with information related to Stocks to call the Internet Crimes Against Children at 623-466-1828
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