The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Kissimmee man they say was in possession of child phonography.
Steven Joseph Nickles. 50, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with 16 counts of possession of child pornography, 14 counts of possession of images/videos of animal sex acts and one count of unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
According to police, the department's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit began an investigation after OCSO was notified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) of an individual possessing child sexual abuse material.
Thursday morning, ICAC detectives served a residential search warrant at a residence in the Whispering Oaks neighborhood of Kissimmee.Detectives located evidence of Nickles possessing files of child sexual abuse material and files of bestiality. Based on the evidence, police say he was Nickles was arrested and booked into the Osceola County Jail with zero bond ahead of an initial court appearance.
Police did say they have yet to find evidence that the suspect has met any minors in person.
