Stolen email probe led to kiddie porn charges (NM - Dem union/lib political activist)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | June 5, 2013 | Mike Gallagher

[CedarDave]

The arrest of an Albuquerque political consultant on child pornography charges stemmed from a search warrant served on his home in November by FBI agents looking for evidence in the investigation of the alleged theft of Gov. Susana Martinez’s campaign emails.

The home of Jason Loera, 44, in the 6200 block of St. Joseph’s Court NW, initially was searched on the morning of Nov. 20, 2012, by agents looking to seize Loera’s computers so they could be searched for information about hundreds of emails to Susana2010.com that federal prosecutors allege were illegally intercepted.

FBI computer experts began examining CDs seized along with computers for information about the email theft when they came across explicit examples of child pornography.

Based on what they saw, agents then sought a second search warrant, unsealed Tuesday, to examine the computers, CDs and other material for evidence that Loera had downloaded child pornography.

According to that affidavit, agents sought the second search warrant after they saw downloaded photographs of a girl 6 to 12 years old having sex with an adult male and a photo of two boys between the ages of 6 and 12 having sex.

Loera has been a paid political consultant in New Mexico for the last decade, working on behalf of unions, Democratic Party candidates and progressive organizations, including Grassroots New Mexico PAC.

Other records show Loera was working for Grassroots New Mexico up until the fall of 2012. The political organization has been associated with current state Democratic Party Chairman Sam Bregman.

[JimRed]

I read the rest; that second warrant if upheld creates an open field for “fishing” expeditions.

[woofie]

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