Lake County deputies were at an Orlando police officer's home for a child porn investigation Wednesday. The officer's home is in Tavares. He hasn't been arrested.
Police say there was child pornography downloaded to a personal computer at his home, but the police officer's work laptop was also confiscated.
Lake County sheriff investigators spent Wednesday afternoon searching the officer's home. They took personal computers, went through his patrol car and took his department-issued laptop.
“Right now we are not confirming who is the suspect. Multiple people live here and have access to the computers," said Sgt. John Herrell, Lake Co. Sheriff's Office.
Neighbors said the police officer, whose name has not been released, lives in the home with his two sons, who are 13 and 17 years old.
"He's a man who goes to work takes care of his two boys," one neighbor said.
The Cyber Crimes Task Force got a hit on the house, alerting investigators.
"They are able to determine when child porn is downloaded or transmitted from an IP address," Herrell said.
Investigators are not specific about the porn, but said it's not a case of one teen sending another teen an inappropriate picture.
Officers showed up at the house, were handed over what investigators wanted and left with the officer’s car.
Lake County investigators said the officer is on administrative leave now from the Orlando Police Department and there may be an internal affairs investigation.
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