Hardy reviewed 65 image files and observed they depicted minor male children nude or engaged in sexual acts.

The NCMEC then provided the information to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and Charter Communications, which is branded as Spectrum, identified the account holder as Bundy, 30. The report said that a user uploaded image files which depicted the sexual exploitation of minor children.ĭropbox also provided the IP address with dates and times that the files were uploaded. Several depicted sexual abuse of infants and toddlers, according to the statement.A report from the file hosting company Dropbox to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in February of 2021 led to an investigation which ended with the arrests of two Roanoke Rapids men on multiple child pornography charges last week.Ī search warrant filed in the case of Ian Bundy and Eddie Martin by Captain Jamie Hardy of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department shows that NCMEC received the report from Dropbox on February, 7 2021. After consulting with the State’s Attorney’s Office, the decision was made to seek child pornography distribution charges for 10 of the most egregious files. In a deleted folder, the detective identified 204 files of child pornography and 440 files that depict child erotica or pornography where the age of the subject cannot be determined. The detective got a search warrant for the Dropbox account and the company provided information about the account’s activity and saved files on Feb. In law enforcement records, the detective found that Simmons was the subject of a child pornography investigation in 2017 that did not lead to charges. The image’s file path included the phrase “first trade,” causing the detective to believe the user was trading images of child pornography.Ĭomcast subscriber data and Dropbox account information linked the account to Donald Simmons, of Sykesville. The investigation was assigned to a detective of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. According to police charging documents, the file hosting service Dropbox reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a user uploaded an image of suspected child pornography.

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