Florida authorities have arrested a 72-year-old man on 25 counts of possessing child pornography after finding more than 200,000 images of child sexual abuse material in his bedroom, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said, according to local station NBC2 News.
Investigators were able to track child porn materials being uploaded to the internet to Paul Zittel’s IP address, which then led authorities to his home in Ocala, the Sheriff’s Office said.
According to the report, detectives found an estimated 220,000 printed images in Zittel’s possession, weighing approximately 2,600 pounds after executing a search warrant at Zittel’s home on Feb. 23.
Residents at the Ocala home told officers that Zittel “would not allow others into his bedroom or office without personally escorting them,” the sheriff’s office said.
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Detectives found “countless printed photographs of pornography, many of which depicted CSAM (child sexual abuse material)” that “had been arranged into large stacks and boxes throughout Zittel’s bedroom and office, and a printer on his desk displayed obvious signs of heavy use.”
Authorities seized the materials, including a digital storage device, from his home before transporting Zittel to the Marion County Jail.
The 72-year-old pervert is currently being held on a $250,000 bond.
