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A Florida man, who was arrested last month, was in possession of a staggering amount of child pornography that detectives have called “the biggest they’ve ever seen,” according to the Miami Herald newspaper.
Johnathan Jhovanni Hernandez, 23, was arrested on December 29 on child pornography charges following a months-long investigation after officials received a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
“At that time, we told them that the investigation was just beginning and there would likely be more charges,” the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook Wednesday.
“What we should have said is that there would probably be a lot more charges, more than anyone in our county…ever.”
After his arrest at his Avon Park home, police seized 15 electronic devices from Hernandez.
While Hernandez was out on bond, investigators reviewed just one of the devices and found sufficient evidence to indict Hernandez on an additional 1,182 counts of possession of child pornography, as well as four counts of possession of images of bestiality, according to the sheriff. office.
He was arrested again Tuesday, police said.
“It is not known how many charges he could face if detectives went through all the devices,” police said.
Hernandez is being held on bail set at $2.4 million. He has enough charges to put him behind bars for life, police said.
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