Somerton man arrested in child pornography case
The Somerton Police Department has arrested a 36-year-old Somerton man for allegedly being in possession of numerous digital images of child pornography.
Marco Antonio Castillo, who was taken into custody without incident at his place of work last week, was booked into the Yuma County jail on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. He is being held on a $20,000 cashonly bond.
The arrest follows an investigation by detectives from the Somerton Police Department, who received information from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s cyber crime unit that an individual with a local IPS address was viewing hundreds of child pornography images.
A search warrant was obtained
and Somerton police detectives, with the assistance of the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force, executed it Thursday at Castillo’s residence.
Detectives seized numerous electronic devices which are believed to contain evidence during the service of the warrant.
Also, Castillo was found to be in possession of digital evidence at the time of his arrest.
Castillo made his initial appearance in Somerton Justice Court on Friday and is scheduled to be arraigned in Yuma Justice Court on Tuesday afternoon.