SAN FRANCISCO — An American citizen who’d been working as a college instructor in Thailand was arrested on the San Francisco Worldwide Airport and later charged with having baby sexual abuse materials on his telephone, courtroom data present.
Zachary Snoderly, 36, is in federal custody going through prices of possessing baby pornography. Federal authorities allege that Snoderly’s digital units had been discovered to include greater than 100 gigabytes of kid pornography, together with what “appeared to be snapshots of children in public places and what appeared to be minor children in a classroom setting,” in keeping with the felony grievance.
Snoderly booked a June flight to the USA, hoping to go to his father in Idaho. However he by no means acquired previous the San Francisco airport. Prosecutors say that that Customs and Border Safety brokers had been notified to position Snoderly on “lookout for secondary inspection and questioning related to possession of child pornography,” and that they detained him when his aircraft landed there. The felony grievance doesn’t say how Snoderly grew to become a suspect, however alleges that after brokers requested if he had “digital contraband,” he replied, “probably.”
“When CBP asked Snoderly to clarify which type of contraband, Snoderly stated ‘child pornography.’ He told CBP that he used Telegram to download child pornography,” the felony grievance says. This led to a search of his telephone, laptop computer laptop and exhausting drives.
Throughout his interview, Snoderly stated he has been dwelling in Thailand for 11 years and works as a second grade instructor there, the grievance says.
Snoderly was arrested on June 20 however later launched, pending a full evaluation of his digital units. On Aug. 21, although, brokers realized that Snoderly had obtained a brand new passport — the one he was arrested with had been seized by investigators — and booked a return journey to Thailand on Aug. 24. Brokers arrested Snoderly earlier than he might board the flight and he was charged the next day, courtroom data present.
Snoderly appeared in courtroom final week, the place a choose ordered him to stay in federal custody for now. He’s due in courtroom once more on Sept. 11, data present.
