Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office dispatcher accused of distributing child porn, affidavit shows

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A antheral who a detective told investigators worked for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arsenic a dispatcher was arrested connected a complaint of organisation of kid porn, according to transgression ailment obtained Friday by News4Jax.

The ailment states that connected Wednesday, an FBI task unit serviceman moving undercover was messaging connected a societal media app with a user: Scottnjax44. The ailment states that determination was a sexually explicit speech and that Scottnjax44 sent astatine slightest 5 images and 1 video of minors successful sexually explicit conduct.

According to the complaint, Scottnjax44 told the undercover serviceman that was an “emergency dispatcher” and worked “12 hr shifts.”

“The undercover agents and officers investigating these crimes are ever connected websites looking for deviants,” said News4Jax transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson.

Investigators got much accusation from the app institution and the net supplier and traced it to a location Bradley Road and the subscriber: Scott Yotka.

On Thursday, agents spoke with a JSO detective who said Yotka works for the Sheriff’s Office arsenic a dispatcher and was scheduled to enactment a 12 hr displacement that night. The ailment states that FBI agents determined records from that app institution amusement the idiosyncratic often logged successful from an IP code belonging to the metropolis of Jacksonville.

On Friday morning, agents executed a hunt warrant astatine the location connected Bradley Road. Yotka was getting retired of his car erstwhile agents arrested him.

According to the complaint, Agents said Yotka explained that helium utilized the Kik app to administer kid porn to members of a chat country that helium was an head for. The affidavit states Yotka said “yes I cognize what I did and I americium not arrogant of what I did.”

A detention proceeding is acceptable for Sept. 22.

JSO records amusement Yotka has been employed by the Sheriff’s Office since Oct. 7, 2019, and arsenic of this summer, earned an yearly wage of $31,275.