FLORIDA – A Hillsborough County couple has been arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement after the agency said it identified a computer located at their home with approximately 2,000 video and image files depicting child sexual abuse material for download, the agency said in a statement.
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), its agents arrested Andrew James Anderson, 50, and Patricia Michelle Burnopp, 49, both of Lutz, on Wednesday. Each faces one count of possession of child sexual abuse material (10 or more images), a second-degree felony, the FDLE said.
Investigators said they identified a computer offering approximately 2,000 video and image files depicting child sexual abuse material for download. Agents reportedly traced the computer’s IP address to the residence Anderson and Burnopp shared.
Investigators executed a search warrant at the residence and identified the computer from which the suspects were offering the child sexual abuse material, the FDLE said.
Agents said they determined that both Anderson and Burnopp were aware of and engaged with the child sexual abuse material on the computer, and both were arrested at the scene.
Anderson and Burnopp were booked into the Hillsborough County Jail, each on a $7,500 bond. They will be prosecuted by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Office of Statewide Prosecution.
