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A New York City police officer was arraigned in Suffolk County Court Thursday on 119 counts of possession of child pornography.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced in a press release that Steven Marksberry, 50, of Lake Grove, New York, allegedly took screenshots and stored child sexual abuse material on his cell phone.
An investigation was launched when the Suffolk County Police Department received a tip from Internet Crimes Against Children, alerting the agency that Marksberry had allegedly uploaded child sexual abuse photos to his iCloud storage account.
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Police executed a search warrant on Marksberry’s account and cell phone, which allegedly revealed numerous photos of sexual abuse of female children between the ages of 4 and 12.
Marksberry was indicted on the 119 charges before Supreme Court Justice Richard Ambro, including 50 charges of promoting a child’s sexual performance and 69 charges of possession of a child’s sexual performance—all 119 charges being felonies.
If convicted, Marksberry faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Justice Ambro ordered the defendant held on $100,000 cash, $250,000 bond, or $2.5 million partially secured bond.
Marksberry is scheduled to appear in court again on August 7.
“This defendant not only allegedly stored a large amount of child sexual abuse material on his phone, but he also allegedly did so when he was a sworn-in police officer. No one is above the law,” Tierney said. “The safety of our children is and always will be the top priority for my office.”
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The investigation into the case is ongoing.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
