If you went strictly by the police report, you'd think there would either have been an arrest already or that the police would have cleared up the situation. A technician at a computer shop at Alaska Junction in West Seattle, who says he found graphic child-porn pictures on a customer's computer, called the police and provided the SPD with the customer's name and phone numbers. The police confiscated the computer and the reporting officer wrote up the incident: "I opened the files... to examine [their] contents. I saw numerous pictures of children engaged in sexual acts with other children and adults. Some of the children appeared to be [as] young as 7 years old." ["J-Pegged," by Josh Feit, March 16.]

It's a Class C felony to possess child pornography, and it can get you a year in jail, according to Dan Donahoe at the King County Prosecutor's Office. Given what's in the police report, it's curious that, according to the SPD, no arrests have been made as of this writing. Indeed, I was able to reach the suspect, who pleasantly and nonchalantly fielded my questions, at his work number earlier this week.

My question was this: Given that the suspect hasn't been charged with anything, is he working with the police to track down whoever developed, published, or disseminated the files that were found on his computer? Indeed, nailing a person who's dealing in depictions of child pornography would be a major bust for the SPD. The suspect would only refer me to the detective who's working on the case. The SPD would only confirm that there's an ongoing investigation.

josh@thestranger.com