Images Of Kids Being Sexually Abused Found On Devices Owned By 4 Polk County Men: Cops

POLK COUNTY, FL — Four local men face child pornography charges after detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office Computer Crime Units said they downloaded and sent images and videos of children being sexually battered on social media.

Investigators said they received tips form the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children (NCMED) about some Polk County residents who were possibly involved in child pornography activities. Deputies then served search warrants at the four suspects' houses and took all of their digital devices for investigation.

During the investigation, officers said that 23-year-old Ian Gadd of Lakeland had been repeatedly sexually abusing a young child he had access to, and he filmed the abuse.

“These suspects–who are the worst of the worst–used common social media apps, like Instagram, Snapchat, and Kik, to transmit and download child pornography," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "This is clear proof that these horrific images are easier than ever to find and share. Each time an image is downloaded or shared, the victim in that image is re-victimized. We continue to encourage parents to be all up in their child's business–no matter how old their child is. We want them locked up so that they never have access to children.”

A total of 192 child pornography images were found by detectives on their electronic devices, cops said.

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the four suspects listed below face the following charges:

Ian Gadd, 23, Lakeland

• Eighty-nine counts of enhanced possession of child pornography (89 images and videos of children as young as three years old being sexually battered found on his devices)
• Transmission of child pornography
• Sexual batter on a child less than 12 years old
• Use of a child in a sexual performance
• Promoting a sexual performance. by a child

Melvin Lagos, Jr., 18, Davenport

• Thirty-two counts of enhanced possession of child pornography (32 images and videos of children as young as eight years old being sexually battered found on his personal devices)

Christian Pillot-Osorio, 29, Lakeland

• Transmission of child pornography
• Thirty-three counts of enhanced possession of child pornography (33 images and videos of children as young as five months old being sexually battered found on his devices)
• He told detectives he used Snapchat and other online platforms to send child pornography.

Billy "Jordan" Rose, 23, Winter Haven

• Thirty-eight counts of enhanced possession of child pornography (38 images of children as young as two years old being sexually battered)
• Rose confessed to authorities he used Kik Messenger to download child pornography, officers said.