Long Island NY Sept 27 2012 Federal agents arrested a senior James Leone is a senior parole official, whose dutiesinclude commanding officers who supervise paroled sex offenders. According to acriminal complaint unsealed Tuesday, Leone possessed videos of minor childrenengaged in sexually explicit and lewd conduct.
Leone appeared in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, where ajudge ordered his service firearm confiscated. Leone was released on$500,000.00 bond, but is limited to home confinement and subject to electronicmonitoring.
In early September, Leone was netted in an undercoveroperation, which revealed he accessed a peer-to-peer sharing site, known totraffic pornographic images of minors. Investigators obtained a search warrantlast week to search Leone’s computer.
In the criminal complaint filed, a Department of HomelandSecurity investigator detailed the images found on Leone’s computer, whichinclude children being sexually abused by adults. Investigators from the NewYork State Inspector General’s Office assisted in the investigation.
Leone allegedly told investigators he downloaded between 10and 15 videos of child pornography in the last year, according to reports.
A spokesperson for the New York State Department ofCorrection, which oversees parole officers, said Leone was first hired as aparole officer in 1994. He was promoted to senior parole officer in 2001, wherehe worked in
Leone, who according to payroll records earned $90,946.00 in2010, has been suspended from his executive position.
Source:Examiner
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