A CCSO investigation into child pornography trafficking on the Internet led to the arrest of a 68-year-old East Naples man on multiple felony child pornography charges Wednesday.Gerald DaGata, 4497 Beechwood Lake Drive, was charged with 10 counts possession of obscene material depicting sexual performance of a child.
DaGata’s arrest stems from an undercover investigation that began in March into the use of peer-to-peer software on the Internet to traffic in child pornography, according to sheriff’s reports.
During the investigation a detective in the Special Crimes Bureau was able to identify DaGata’s Internet protocol, or IP, address and that there were child pornography files on his computer, reports said.
The files were videos showing male children ages 6 to 14 engaged in various sex acts with each other, reports said.
Detectives executed a search warrant at DaGata’s residence on Wednesday morning and arrested him.
More charges are expected pending further forensic analysis of DaGata’s computer, investigators said.
