Firefighter Charged with Downloading Child Porn at Work

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A Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter was charged with downloading child pornography while at work, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Matthew David Winters, 51, faces one felony count of possession of child pornography and one misdemeanor count of destroying or concealing evidence.

Winters is accused of downloading the pornography to a computer at a fire station in El Monte from December 2017 to May 2018. He also allegedly destroyed a computer hard drive in order to conceal evidence, according to Deputy District Attorney Teresa de Castro of the Cyber Crime Division, who is prosecuting the case.

He faces a possible maximum sentence of five years and six months in state prison if convicted as charged. The prosecutor is recommending bail be set at $20,500.

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