Milford Man Charged In Child Pornography Case: Feds

MILFORD, CT ? A Milford man faces federal charges in connection with the sexual assault of a minor last year, according to authorities.

Joshua Bailey, 45, of Milford, and Elizabeth Jordan, 42, of West Haven, were among the five Connecticut residents charged in a federal operation dubbed ?Operation Restore Justice.?

Officials said the operation was a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track, and arrest child sex predators. The results included the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown, according to a news release.

Bailey and Jordan were charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography, transmission of a live visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor, and conspiracy to do so.

Court documents allege that in March of last year, Jordan engaged in sexual activity with a minor who was 17 and livestreamed it on social media. Authorities searched Bailey's phone and found screenshots of her and the minor engaged in sexual activity, according to federal prosecutors.

Jordan and Bailey have been detained since August when they were arrested on related state offenses.

?The Connecticut U.S. Attorney?s Office has long been committed to protecting children by swiftly and vigorously prosecuting offenders,? Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Marc H. Silverman said in a statement. ?Sex offenders continue to find new and evolving means to commit their crimes, including using social media and messaging applications to gain access to children, and, as noted specifically in one case we are pursuing, using an AI program to digitally convert real images to create child pornography."

Other Connecticut residents charged in Operation Restore Justice include Steven Taylor, 52, of Hartford, Ryan Perry, 39, of East Hartford, and 47-year-old Stephen Dickson of Colchester.

Read more in the news release here.