A 42-year old man identified as Christopher Negrete was arrested in a Chicago restaurant after his girlfriend allegedly found child porn images on his phone.
His girlfriend suspected he was cheating on her so checked his cell phone, making the shocking discovery. He was arrested in a restaurant in the South Loop area of Chicago and prosecutors say that some of the images contained children under the age of five.
The children in some pictures found on the phone were also engaging in sexual acts or posing in a lewd manner, according to court records. Negrete, who most recently worked for a 'bar trivia company', appeared in court on Friday on a charge of possession of child pornography of a person under the age of 13, where a Cook County judge set his bail at $10,000 and he remained in custody on Saturday.
His girlfriend contacted police when she found the horrific images last weekend, she found at least five images, say prosecutors. She checked his phone because of suspicions that he was cheating on her, having found that Negrete had sexual conversations with other women in the past.
She opened the 'Whisper' app on his device. It is an 'anonymous social media, allowing users to post and share photo and video messages anonymously.' Leighton Criminal Courthouse heard that Negrete had requested and received 'at least five pictures of child pornography.' He also bragged about being a 'pedo' and having sex with 'with lots of young girls' between 14 and 17 years old, prosecutors said.
A defense attorney for Negrete said he grew up in Kansas and moved to Illinois to attend college but has lived in Cook County for at least 15 years. His next hearing was set for March 20. Negrete's bail will be reviewed then if he is unable to post bond, his attorney having said his client could come up with the $1,000 needed to post bond while awaiting trial.
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