Sebring, Fla.-(Newsradio 970 WFLA)-A Sebring man has been charged with 525 counts of child porn. It's a record for the most charges ever filed against one suspect by the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office.
Thirty four year-old Rayon Jefter Williams was initially arrested May 23 after deputies got a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The tip led investigators to images depicting child pornography being uploaded from a computer in Williams’ home on Shamrock Street. Williams was arrested May 23 and charged with six counts of uploading child pornography to a Dropbox account and obstruction of justice after he interfered with investigators’ attempts to seize his computer as evidence. He posted bond later that day.
The next day, investigators obtained warrants and began searching through seized items of evidence. A search of a computer hard drive found hidden in a closet resulted in a secondary arrest on an additional 48 charges.
A forensic examination of Williams’ phone and computer then revealed hundreds more images, eventually tallying 525 charges. Williams' bond is up to $1,202,500.
Photo courtesy Highlands County Sheriff's Office