Pastor Elie Quinonez will serve 6 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. His story is sick.
According to the stipulated facts contained in the plea agreement, an officer with the New Waterford, Ohio police department went online using an undercover persona designed to identify individuals who were interested in engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors. Part of that undercover persona included that the adult had a 14 year old daughter. While on line, the officer received an instant message from an individual asking for pornographic pictures of the 14 year old.
The New Waterford police department identified the screen name of the person requesting the illegal photos. The investigation then progressed to the point that the Greeley, Colorado and Pueblo, Colorado police departments were contacted to try and identify and locate the individual sending the instant messages. Investigators found that Quinonez was the person using the identified instant messager screen name, and that he resided in Pueblo. Quinonez’s computer was seized, along with numerous electronic storage media, and later given to the FBI, which conducted a forensic examination and analysis. The FBI found that the electronic storage media contained in excess of 1000 images and videos depicting child pornography. Additionally, the FBI found more than 500 email messages in which the defendant either sent or received child pornography.
At least he pleaded guilty. Quinonez had been pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy in Pueblo.
Some poor bastard had to do the forensic work on Quinonez's computer. That is not a job I want.
