Phoenix pediatrician charged in child porn case
by Associated Press (September 2nd, 2010 @ 4:29pm)
SUN CITY, Ariz. - A Phoenix-area pediatrician has been arrested on charges of distributing child pornography.
Prosecutors said Thursday that 40-year-old Emilio Luna of Sun City was arrested Wednesday after authorities learned that thousands of files of suspected child pornography were shared from his computer in a public file-sharing system.
Luna's pediatric practice is in Phoenix.
He faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. It's unclear whether Luna yet has a lawyer, and his phone number in Sun City is disconnected.
U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke says protecting children from sexual exploitation is one of his office's highest priorities and that they want to ``uncloak the anonymity of child predators on the Internet.''