Crime & Safety
Ex-Peninsula Cop Gets 2 Years On Child Porn Conviction: Report
Shawn Nimau pleaded guilty earlier this year to possessing hundreds of child pornography images and videos, according to the report.
REDWOOD CITY, CA — A former Redwood City police officer was sentenced to two years in federal prison in connection with a conviction on child pornography charges, The Mercury News reports.
Shawn Nimau pleaded guilty earlier this year to possessing hundreds of child pornography images and videos, according to the report.
He was initially indicted on the charges in 2020, according to the report.
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe that began in 2019 triggered a Department of Homeland Security investigation that led to Nimau’s conviction, the report said.
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