OCSD Looking for Victims of Child Porn Suspect; Charges Filed

Felony charges were filed today against a photographer and children’s tumbling teacher accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and being in possession of child pornography.

Christopher A. Brown, 42, of Orange, was arrested last Friday at a Newport Beach shopping center and held in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Hallock.

He’s scheduled to be arraigned today on felony charges of possession of child pornography, sexual penetration by a foreign object of an underage victim, committing a lewd or lascivious act with a minor and forcible oral copulation.

Investigators suspect there may be more alleged victims, as Brown also teaches private tumbling lessons for children and has traveled the country working as a freelance photographer, Hallock said.

Investigators recovered hundreds of child porn photos and videos when a search warrant was executed at a hotel in Irvine where Brown had been staying, Hallock alleged. Investigators recovered hundreds of child porn photos and videos when a search warrant was executed at a hotel in Irvine where Brown had been staying, he said.

Brown has a conviction in 2005 in Virginia for possession of child pornography, and failed to register as a sex offender in California when he moved into the state several years ago, according to Hallock.

Detectives suspect Brown targets teenage girls, the lieutenant said.

Anyone aware of adolescents Brown may have victimized was urged to call the sheriff’s department at (714) 647-7418.

City News Service; Christopher A. Brown via OCSD