OAKLAND — A neighborhood resident has been arrested and charged with sending movies depicting youngster sexual abuse to a lady who advised police she’d by no means interacted together with his cellphone quantity earlier than, court docket information present.
Brandon Department, 35, of Oakland, was charged with one felony depend of possessing youngster pornography and a misdemeanor depend of kid exploitation. He was charged earlier this month, however is now out of custody, court docket information present.
Choose Gregory Syren agreed to launch Department from jail on Jan. 10, however ordered Department to don’t have any contact with the girl who obtained the movies, or to personal a wise cellphone, court docket information present. Prosecutors didn’t contest his launch.
In response to police, an East Bay girl obtained movies from a cellphone quantity she didn’t acknowledge, depicting two prepubescent kids being sexually abused. When she texted the quantity again, saying she was calling police, the Department allegedly despatched her a video of a person masturbating, authorities stated.
Police tracked Department down by his cellphone quantity. The movies have been despatched on Oct. 24, however prosecutors didn’t cost Department till Jan. 10, information present. The subsequent court docket date has been set for Friday.
