Oct 12, 2005 : Webmaster Charged With Obscenity
📅 - An American webmaster was arrested on Friday for posting gruesome pictures of people killed in the Iraq and Afghan conflicts, according to police officials in Florida. Christopher Michael Wilson of Lakewood, Florida faces one count of wholesale distribution of obscene material and 300 misdemeanor charges relating to the Web site and pornographic photos.
The charges were unrelated to the photos of corpses from Iraq and Afghanistan, which the site says were provided by US troops in exchange for free access to pornographic Web sites. Many of the photos showed men wearing what appeared to be US military uniforms, standing over burnt corpses, mutilated bodies and severed body parts.
Many included captions poking fun at the corpses, including one photo of a charred body that read, "Cooked Iraqi." The Pentagon has found no evidence that any of the photos were posted by soldiers. Wilson was being held in jail under a $151,000 bond.
"In my 33 years of law enforcement experience, this is one of the most horrific examples of filthy, obscene materials we have ever seized," says Sheriff Grady Judd, who disclosed that the investigation was continuing and any relevant information would be passed along to the US Army Criminal Investigations Division.
The charges were unrelated to the photos of corpses from Iraq and Afghanistan, which the site says were provided by US troops in exchange for free access to pornographic Web sites. Many of the photos showed men wearing what appeared to be US military uniforms, standing over burnt corpses, mutilated bodies and severed body parts.
Many included captions poking fun at the corpses, including one photo of a charred body that read, "Cooked Iraqi." The Pentagon has found no evidence that any of the photos were posted by soldiers. Wilson was being held in jail under a $151,000 bond.
"In my 33 years of law enforcement experience, this is one of the most horrific examples of filthy, obscene materials we have ever seized," says Sheriff Grady Judd, who disclosed that the investigation was continuing and any relevant information would be passed along to the US Army Criminal Investigations Division.
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