Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 18

ICE Arrests L.A. Area Teacher on Child Pornography Charge

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A former instructor at Orangeview Junior High School in Anaheim faces up to 30 years in prison after being charged with possessing and transporting child pornography.

Michael Timothy Arnold, 44, appeared in federal court August 17 and was ordered held without bond. Arnold, who worked in the math department at the school prior to his arrest, was named in a two-count indictment.

Arnold was taken into custody by ICE agents at his San Juan Capistrano residence August 4. Suspicions about Arnold arose after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred him for further inspection at Los Angeles International Airport in late July, when he arrived following a three-week trip to the Philippines. During that inspection, CBP officers discovered sexually explicit images of underage males and females on a laptop, memory stick and CDs Arnold had in his luggage.

CBP alerted ICE, which opened a formal investigation as part of Operation Predator, a comprehensive ICE initiative aimed at those who prey on children. Subsequently, agents in ICE’s computer forensics group conducted an analysis of Arnold’s computer media and found nude images of children, including a girl believed to be approximately eight years old who was wearing shackles and a metal collar around her neck.

The CDs also contained graphic text of Internet exchanges between someone authorities suspect is Arnold and individuals who appear to be in the Philippines. In those messages, the sender is soliciting sex with children.

“This case is particularly disturbing because of the highly graphic nature of the images we found,” said Loraine Brown, Special Agent-in-Charge for ICE Investigations in Los Angeles. “Our investigation into Mr. Arnold and his activities is continuing. ICE is using all of its tools and authorities to target those who prey on and sexually exploit children, both here or abroad.”

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