SEATTLE — A Seattle man was arrested on child pornography charges twice in just one week -- once because KIRO 7 got involed.
Jesus Chacon, who works for accounting firm PWC, and lives on Capitol Hill, was arrested at his apartment complex Thursday night. A week earlier, Seattle police searched the same apartment and found hundreds of sexually explicit pictures and videos of children as young as 3 years old.
Bail was set last week at $75,000, despite detectives writing in their reports that they hoped Chacon would stay in jail because they felt he was likely to harm a child. During their investigation, officers said Chacon was “deceptive” on a polygraph exam when they asked him if he ever had sexual contact with a child. He was also investigated for rape in Texas, but no charges were ever filed.
Chacon made bail on last week’s arrest.
A spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office said without any convictions in Chacon’s past, they really couldn’t ask for a higher bail amount. The spokesman said $75,000 was a high amount for a child pornography case where the suspect had no criminal history. KIRO 7’s research into other recent child porn cases backed up this claim.
When KIRO 7 went to get Chacon’s side of the story by knocking on his door, Chacon called the police. The police showed up and arrested him because he had a warrant for more outstanding child porn accusations.
Court documents show both arrests might be tied to the same case. On Friday, a judge will determine Chacon’s new bail amount.
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