A Frederick County jury on Friday convicted Abe Mallik on 11 counts of possession of child pornography.
FREDERICK, Md. (DG) – A 55-year-old Point of Rocks man was found guilty for possessing child pornography.
A Frederick County jury on Friday convicted Abe Mallik on 11 counts of possession of child pornography.
Frederick County Sheriff’s Deputies received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and started to investigate the case. Upon reviewing the Google business records, detectives found communications with minor females and eight images of child pornography being uploaded to an attachment using Mallik’s e-mail address.
On April 21, 2016, a search warrant was executed at Mallik’s residence, and numerous digital devices were seized. Over 200 images of child erotica were located by a Homeland Security Investigations Computer Forensic Analyst on Mallik’s laptop. Three images were confirmed to be child pornography.
Mallik will be sentenced on August 3, 2017, and faces 55 years in prison. His bail was revoked after the verdict was read.
-Dianah Gibson