Child porn case moves up to federal court

Federal charges against Charles Flint of Sundance have been filed in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne. A federal arrest warrant was issued by the U.S. Marshal’s Office on May 19.

“As a result, the State believes that the federal system is better equipped to address these charges and to impose an appropriate sentence,” states a motion filed by Deputy Crook County and Prosecuting Attorney Jeani Stone.

Consequently, on May 24, Judge Matthew F.G. Castano signed an order dismissing the case in the Sixth Judicial District Court without prejudice.

According to the detainer filed with District Court, Flint will now face federal charges of possession of obscene material and possession of child pornography.

Flint was arrested earlier this year and charged with four felony counts of possession of child porn after the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children received information On October 24, 2022 from Microsoft Online Operations that a user of Microsoft Bing Images was in possession of suspected child pornography.

This information was generated as a cyber tip and referred to the Wyoming Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The agent assigned to investigate found that the reported user had accessed the internet from an IP address registered to Flint at his Sundance address on October 24 at around 10:13 p.m., UTC. The report allegedly indicated that the user had six separate images of child pornography.

On October 30, the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children received additional information from Microsoft Online Operations indicating that a user had two separate images of child pornography.

The agent learned that Flint had felony convictions for sexual assault on a child and internet luring of a child in the State of Colorado in 2007.

He also found that Flint is a registered sex offender in Wyoming.

The agent obtained a search warrant for Flint and his Sundance address on February 27. The warrant was executed on March 1 at around 10:10 a.m.

The agent made contact with Flint and advised him that his residence would be searched. In a recorded interview, Flint allegedly admitted that he had wi-fi at his residence and did not believe anyone else had the password.

Flint allegedly admitted that there would be child pornography on his laptop and said he obtained it from the internet and saved them to his laptop.

During the search, a laptop computer was located and several images of child pornography were allegedly located. Flint was placed under arrest on March 1.