Spokane, Washington EMT Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Christopher J. Twelves, 36, was released without bond after an initial appearance Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno.
A two-count complaint charges Twelves with using computer equipment to transport and possess child pornography.
Twelves, who was on a waiting list to attend a police academy to become a reserve officer in the Airway Heights Police Department, was placed on administrative leave from his ambulance company job.
An FBI specialist in computer crimes was called by Spokane police Jan. 10 to the home of a couple not charged in the case, court documents say.
The couple had been in contact through an Internet adult chat room with a Spokane man who identified himself as a firefighter.
The couple showed the FBI agent digital computer images of prepubescent girls engaged in sexual activity with adult men, the documents say.
The FBI agent tracked the chat room communications to Twelves' Spokane apartment, court documents say.
FBI agents and Spokane police used a warrant to search the apartment Monday and questioned Twelves.
