with child porn crimes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_297_5471023.1103141518397" ------=_Part_297_5471023.1103141518397 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><title>Feds charge Utahn with child porn crimes</title></head><body>This article was mailed to you b= y: <b>barbara</b><br>The sender included this message:<br><br>Click to <a h= ref=3D"http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2488192">View this Article</a><p><font= size=3D'3'></font><p><center><font size=3D'5'><b>Feds charge Utahn with child porn crimes</b></font></center><p><font size=3D'4'></font><br><f= ont size=3D'2'>By Pamela Manson <br>The Salt Lake Tribune <br><br>Salt Lak= e Tribune<br></font><P><font size=3D'3'><!-- body start -->A Utah man under= investigation by Canadian authorities for allegedly trying to bring images= of children in sexual situations across the border has been charged in the= United States with child pornography counts.<br> Mark Edw= ard Calder, 36, of Bountiful, is accused in a federal complaint of one coun= t each of possession of child pornography and transportation of child porno= graphy. He has been jailed pending a hearing today in U.S. District Court i= n Salt Lake City.<br> Now investigators are asking the pub= lic for information about any contact Calder, who drives a 2001 Audi TT wit= h a Utah license plate that says "MARQUE," had with minors. <br> = ; The suspect was arrested Friday outside a West Valley City arcade. I= nvestigators had spotted him earlier in the day shopping with twin girls, w= ho are about 8, in the children's sections of two Kmarts. Calder told polic= e the girls were friends of the family, according to court records.<br>&nbs= p; In addition to the child pornography charges, Calder is being= investigated for possible identity fraud, the U.S. Attorney Office in Utah= says. The child pornography transportation charge carries a maximum penalt= y of 30 years in prison, and the maximum for possession is 10 years. <br>&n= bsp; A statement by agent Adam Parks of Immigration and Customs = Enforcement (ICE), filed with the federal complaint, says Calder tried to e= nter Canada by car at the Cascade, British Columbia, port of entry July 29.= A Canadian customs officer who questioned him became suspicious, and Calde= r's vehicle and laptop computer were searched.<br> Text fi= les describing children ages 9 to 14 involved in incest, rape and sex with = adults were found, according to Parks' statement. The agent says officers a= lso discovered five pairs of girls' soiled underwear and three sex toys in = the car trunk, as well as a printout of a Canadian hotel reservation for tw= o adults and two children, ages 7 and 10.<br> Canada infor= med U.S. authorities that it was investigating Calder and, in turn, ICE and= the Utah Identity Theft Task Force launched their own probe, leading to Fr= iday's arrest.<br> The ICE statement says Calder admitted = he had mailed a laptop and three compact flash cards containing child porno= graphy to his Bountiful home and had possessed movies of minors engaging in= sexual conduct. He also allegedly admitted stealing youngsters' underwear = and maintaining a fictitious identity under the name Marque Cawder.<br>&nbs= p; Anyone who has information about suspicious activity by Calde= r or who is aware of unsupervised contact he had with children is asked to = call the FBI at 579-1400. An agent will return calls.<br> = <B>pmanson@sltrib.com</B><br> <br> <!-- b= ody end --><p>This e-mail was initiated by machine [10.148.8.5] at IP [10.1= 48.8.5].</font></body></html> ------=_Part_297_5471023.1103141518397--