Posted on Sep 20, 2016
Fort Gordon officer arrested, reportedly admits to child | Army Times
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An officer serving at the Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia, is in federal custody after investigators reportedly found dozens of files containing child pornography on his home computer.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Hurwitz is awaiting federal charges, according to local media reports confirmed by Bryan Cox, a spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations, part of the federal Department of Homeland Security. HSI and local law enforcement searched Hurwitz's home Sept. 8, according to local media reports -- one day after receiving a warrant and nearly two months after an investigation began into a child-porn sharing ring allegedly swapping files via the BitTorrent network.
Hurwitz reportedly admitted to downloading and viewing the material. He was taken into custody Friday and is set to appear in court Sept. 30.
Army Criminal Investigation Command is involved in the investigation, CID spokesman Chris Grey said, but referred all questions to HSI. Cox said he was not personally aware of any material being seized from Hurwitz's work computers or elsewhere on Fort Gordon.
Investigators traced Hurwitz via his Internet Protocol, or IP, address, according to media reports citing court documents; someone using the IP address had downloaded more than 100 files over two days in July that were being monitored by the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce.
Hurwitz reportedly admitted to viewing the material, told investigators which computer he'd used to do so, and said he'd last accessed the material about a week before the search warrant was executed.
An officer serving at the Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia, is in federal custody after investigators reportedly found dozens of files containing child pornography on his home computer.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Hurwitz is awaiting federal charges, according to local media reports confirmed by Bryan Cox, a spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations, part of the federal Department of Homeland Security. HSI and local law enforcement searched Hurwitz's home Sept. 8, according to local media reports -- one day after receiving a warrant and nearly two months after an investigation began into a child-porn sharing ring allegedly swapping files via the BitTorrent network.
Hurwitz reportedly admitted to downloading and viewing the material. He was taken into custody Friday and is set to appear in court Sept. 30.
Army Criminal Investigation Command is involved in the investigation, CID spokesman Chris Grey said, but referred all questions to HSI. Cox said he was not personally aware of any material being seized from Hurwitz's work computers or elsewhere on Fort Gordon.
Investigators traced Hurwitz via his Internet Protocol, or IP, address, according to media reports citing court documents; someone using the IP address had downloaded more than 100 files over two days in July that were being monitored by the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce.
Hurwitz reportedly admitted to viewing the material, told investigators which computer he'd used to do so, and said he'd last accessed the material about a week before the search warrant was executed.
Fort Gordon officer arrested, reportedly admits to child | Army Times
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Wow SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. Not again was my first thought. Every week or so we seem to be hearing about yet another officer who has violated the trust of his oath to this nation. It is especially troubling that an officer assigned to the Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia has been involved in child-porn.
Thankfully LTC Jonathan Hurwitz gave up without a struggle.
Thankfully LTC Jonathan Hurwitz gave up without a struggle.
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CPO Bill Penrod
These pedophiles are usually very smart so smart they think they are above the law. Child porn is the worse of the worse no punishment to great for these POS...............
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Those who consume child porn help finance and facilitate the exploitation of children. I believe there's a special place in hell waiting for them. Maybe he'll be recruited to serve as a virgin for Muslim terrorists...
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This is intolerable and gives all services a black eye. There is a special place in hell for this scum..
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