Eagan man accused of downloading child porn
Police find hundreds of images and videos
by Jessica Harper
Thisweek Newspapers
A 27-year-old Eagan man was arrested Dec. 26 for allegedly downloading hundreds of images of child pornography onto his computer.
Nicoantonio James Gould was charged by warrant on Sept. 30, 2011 with four counts of possession of pornographic work involving minors, which stemmed from a 2010 sting operation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Nicoantonio Gould
The MBCA’s investigation was aimed at catching distributors of child pornography, and uncovered a total of 403 images and videos of child pornography in a shared file linked to Gould’s computer.
During a police interview at Gould’s place of work, Gould allegedly admitted to searching and downloading hundreds of pornographic images of children and 20 videos of a similar nature.
The images were sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which identified 52 images as containing known victims of child sexual abuse.
If convicted, Gould could face up to five years in prison for each count.
Gould is scheduled to appear in court March 27.
Jessica Harper is at jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com.
