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Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 | 3:56 p.m.
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A man has been arrested in Pahrump and charged with possession of child pornography, according to a report from the Nye County Sheriff's office.
Victor Troutman, 60, of Pahrump, was arrested Friday and booked in the Nye County jail after officers, having received a tip, obtained a search warrant and discovered images and movies depicting children, believed to be as young as 12, engaged in various sexually explicit acts with adults.
The report says Troutman subsequently admitted that he downloaded child pornography and kept the images on his computer. His bail is set at $5,000.
The investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Nye County Sheriff’s Office at 775-751-7000, attention Detective Mike Eisenloffel.
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Castrate him. In my perfect world, that would be the punishment for all of these disgusting pigs.
par for the course in pahrump.
Makes sense -- Pahrump has a high number of registered teabagger Republicans. The pervert probably believes the gov't has no right to tell him what he can and cannot do.
His pony-tail marks him as a liberal Democrate. Probably has a solar panel on his trailer to power his computer.
Preacher man says its okay with God?
There were no warning labels?
Children were merely being "depicted"?
Download originated from an overstocked evidence vault?
Tipster was as actually law enforcement personal surfing baited downloads to capture lonely old chaps losing their grip on manhood?
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Having been to Pahrump many times and seeing the plethora of Ron Paul posters, my thinking is this area has a lot more of the "less government influence" types than Obama big government supporters.
In any event, some people, like this guy (left or right) are beyond stupid.
The download was a future porn-star auditions video?
There were no copyrights?
Adult participants were restricted to only congressmen and clergymen?
Download was a firefighters training video?
Tip originated from newly installed "smart" meter?
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"Castrate him."
improveLV -- I see nothing in this article even hinting this accused hurt anyone. Yet you're proposing mutilating your fellow citizen. That says all anyone needs to know about you.
"The pervert probably believes the gov't has no right to tell him what he can and cannot do."
LastThroes -- "gov't" has no jurisdiction what any one of us do in private. So yeah, for something like this "the gov't has no right to tell him what he can and cannot do." It's called the Bill of Rights.
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death." -- "1984"
You should all be very afraid of the way this transpired. while the content of his downloads is not endorsed, the way he was arrested was quite surreal. This is right out of the ancient history during Germany, and the Nazi's. You pointed the finger at someone of something and they were arrested and most of the time killed for treason against the state. This is becoming more of the norm and accepted way of incrimantion against people living in the USA. next time you wonder were liberty and freedom went, you allowed it to happen right here in your backyards.
KillerB, without getting into the details of this specific case, my comment was more focused on pedophiles in general. I think it's the most disgusting flaw that a human can have. To take the innocence from a kid, who clearly is unable to understand the consequences of their actions, merits a brutal response.
Say whatever you'd like about what my comment "tells you about me". I'm happy to be known as a person that believes in harsh punishment for grown adults that consciously commit a heinous crime, as opposed to any type of wasted efforts on "reform". The small % of offenders that works with isn't worth the high % of repeat offenders.
If you knew anyone that was a victim of this type of crime, I'm pretty confident you'd be fine with a punishment that's viewed as more excessive than the crime.
Censorship by confiscation-n-incarceration?
The choking of Lady Liberty?
Tipster was performing Patriot Act duties?
Don't let your download arrest you?
Better than Viagra?
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Sorry KillerB, this is just one of those issues that strikes a nerve. I hear what you say my response was a bit overboard, but trust me when I tell you there's a reason for it.
Once again KillerB posts his nonsense when it comes to child predators.
<<<improveLV -- I see nothing in this article even hinting this accused hurt anyone. Yet you're proposing mutilating your fellow citizen. That says all anyone needs to know about you.>>>
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Hurt anyone? Maybe not directly, but this man downloading and or buying this material creates a market for it. In creating a market or demand for it, you're going to have those producing these images. In that sense he is hurting these minors. Your view that he isn't hurting anyone (if that's your view) is ridiculous.
@improve LV
actually castration (chemical or surgical) has a very high success rate. I don't think this loser would qualify under the severity of the circumstance. Recidivism is about 2% vs 80% for other punitive measures (prison time, monitoring, etc.) I see nothing wrong with your comments as it would relate to those engaging in physical acts with children. This guy needs to be punished. Whether that is actual prison time, probation, etc. remains to be seen. At the very least he will have to be monitored. (much to KillerB's dismay)
Thanks Tom. I try to avoid getting emotional when posting on these stories, but this particular issue is a bit personal.
I do agree that the comment that this guy wasn't hurting anyone is ridiculous. I think that set me off a bit. Your response is exactly how I feel.
"To take the innocence from a kid, who clearly is unable to understand the consequences of their actions, merits a brutal response."
improveLV -- no one takes anyone's innocence just looking at images. If he'd touched kids, or out trying to lure little girls into his car, that would be quite a different thing. But he didn't.
Obviously you have issues on this topic. I assume it's rooted in something far more than someone looking at images of you.
"Once again KillerB posts his nonsense when it comes to child predators."
Brian_D -- how exactly is this accused a "predator"? According to this article he was fingered for having possession of images our law brands as forbidden. Like the grandmother who was prosecuted for child porn because she took pictures of her 3 yo granddaughter taking a bath. Check that out @ http://www.google.com/url?q=http://reaso...
"In that sense he is hurting these minors."
TomD -- right, like the "sense" of YOU are hurting those people you see on TV being murdered, brutalized, etc. That's about how absurd your reasoning is.
You people can't seem to grasp the difference between reality and fantasy. Then again this is the same kind of reasoning behind why kids are being prosecuted for being their own child porn victims -- http://reason.com/search?cx=000107342346...
"Is this 1984, or what?" -- the Honorable Alex Kozinski, now chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in the Unabomber case
Dumb analogy. Those committing crimes, their intentions having nothing to do with selling the images. Once again you scrape the bottom of the barrel in your logic.
Reality or fantasy? Tell the child who is being subjected to the sexual abuse it's just "fantasy". As usual KillerB, your arguments cater to the .000005% of the population.
"Tell the child who is being subjected to the sexual abuse it's just "fantasy"
TomD -- as one who can't tell the difference between thoughts and acts, you just made my point. Thanx for that, I guess.
"Show me the man and I'll find you the crime." -- Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the Soviet security and secret police under Stalin
Oh, I can tell. Thoughts are one thing. Downloading, buying, viewing are another. Go back to sleep. You need your rest.