BREAKING: WaPo Journalist Thomas LeGro Arrested For Possession Of Child Porn
A Washington Post photo-journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner, Thomas Pham LeGro, has been arrested and charged with possessing child p0rn images on his computer.
The 48-year-old appeared before a federal judge in Washington DC on Friday where he was detained ahead of a bail hearing next week.
The FBI said agents had executed a search warrant at Mr LeGro’s residence on Thursday and seized a number of electronic devices.
It said that after examining his work laptop agents found a “folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material”.
The agency added that while carrying out the search, agents spotted what appeared to be “a broken pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where Mr LeGro’s work laptop was found”.
In a brief statement, the Washington Post said it “understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave”.
LeGro’s case attracts a maximum punishment of 20 years imprisonment if convicted.