BRIDGEPORT -- A local funeral director got a shock when police said a slide show of the deceased was accidentally substituted with photos of child pornography.
Josue Rivera, 38, who police said provided the photos, was arrested Tuesday morning by members of the U.S. Marshal Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force and charged with first-degree possession of child pornography.
Rivera, of Orchard Street, was being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
According to Police Detective David DeFeo, on July 16, police responded to the Luz de Paz Funeral Home. An employee of the funeral home told officers that Rivera had given him a thumb drive that was supposed to contain photographs of a deceased person to be played during a funeral.
However, DeFeo said when the employee played the drive it instead contained numerous photographs of child pornography.
Police later examined the thumb drive and said they found 33 files of child pornography including the photograph of one young girl who police said appears to be the defendant's niece.
Police later seized a computer from Rivera's home. It was examined by a special unit of the Monroe Police Department which DeFeo said found 153 files of suspected child pornography including three videos.
He continued that the Child Recognition and Identification System identified 35 children who were in the photos and videos.
Edgar Rodriguez, the funeral home director, declined comment.
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