8/8/23 FDL Firefighter Charged with Possessing Child Porn
8 August 2023 News
A 50-year-old Fond du Lac firefighter is charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography. Edgar Ramirez Tellez made his initial appearance in Fond du Lac County court Tuesday. Bond was set at $500,000 cash and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 26th. According to the criminal complaint special agents with the state’s Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation interviewed him at Fond du Lac Fire Station #3 last Friday. They had received a cyber tip as part of an online child exploitation investigation. During the interview he allegedly admitted to receiving and viewing child pornography on his cell phone. Some sexually explicit images and videos were of children as young as 1 to 2 years old, boys and girls. He also told them they would find 6 or 7 images of child porn on a small tablet in his lunch cooler. Ramirez-Tellez said he was sexually molested as a child and was at first attracted to stories he read with sexual narratives about children. He told them he felt thankful that law enforcement intervened because otherwise he may have never stopped seeking out the inappropriate content of children. Ramirez-Tellez has been placed on administrative leave by the city. He has been with the fire department 18 years.
Share |