Man arrested on child porn charges after tip from wife
A 47-year-old Menlo Park man was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Monday on suspicion of possessing thousands of child pornography images, after his wife tipped off authorities to the contents of his computer, officials said.
The suspect, Matthew Coda, has been under investigation since September, when his wife first alerted investigators about images on his computer, said Detective Sal Zuno of the San Mateo County Sheriff ’s Office.
“The suspect’s wife contacted us and was able to provide us with information that her husband was in possession of child pornography,” Zuno said. “The investigation continued for several months, and with her help we were able to get evidence and images.”
Coda’s computer was seized, and about 3,000 images of child pornography were found on it, Zuno said. The sheriff ’s office obtained a warrant for his arrest.
“He was going to be flying in on a domestic flight and was going to be landing in San Francisco, so detectives met him at the airport,” Zuno said.
He said Coda was arrested at about 7 p.m. without incident.
Zuno said that Coda works in a “technical field” in Mountain View and that he does not work with children.
Coda was booked into Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, and was being held on $200,000 bail. He was arraigned Tuesday.
Zuno asked that anyone with information related to the ongoing investigation of Coda contact Detective Gaby Chaghouri at (650) 2592314. Sophie Haigney is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sophie.haigney@ sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SophieHaigney