Mobile Ala. Feb 28 2008 Persistent efforts by two Mobile women — a police detective and an interior designer — led to the California arrest of a man accused of sending child pornography via cell phones and making obscene calls to women across the country.
The events that prompted California sheriff’s deputies to take Jayson Brown into custody at his Hesperia, Calif., home began Feb. 11 on the Alabama coast, according to officers in both states.
Just before 7 a.m. that day, a Mobile interior designer was awakened by her cell phone. It was a call from a strange man, who told her in rapid-fire, graphic detail how he had sexually abused his 3-year-old niece.
The events that prompted California sheriff’s deputies to take Jayson Brown into custody at his Hesperia, Calif., home began Feb. 11 on the Alabama coast, according to officers in both states.
Just before 7 a.m. that day, a Mobile interior designer was awakened by her cell phone. It was a call from a strange man, who told her in rapid-fire, graphic detail how he had sexually abused his 3-year-old niece.
She said she hung up, but he called again, threatening to come find her. The man said if she had children, he would harm them.
The 29-year-old woman — who declined to be identified for this story — went to the downtown Dauphin Street police substation that day to report the call. A civil employee told her that the call was probably a prank, she said.
Not satisfied, the woman visited police headquarters on Government Boulevard the next day and filed a report with Detective Mona Wade of the assault and sex crimes unit.
Wade, a 19-year veteran of the police force, could have simply taken the report and pushed it to the bottom of the pile. After all, obscene calls are relatively routine, said Nancy Johnson, a police spokeswoman.
But this caller struck Wade as particularly frightening as she listened to a voice mail that he had left the interior designer. Wade said she was concerned that the caller could actually be abusing a 3-year-old.
That night, Wade said, the case bothered her as she tried to sleep. So she set out to locate the man.
The interior designer, meanwhile, was checking with Wade each day to ask about progress on the case. “I’m very persistent,” she said.
The 29-year-old woman — who declined to be identified for this story — went to the downtown Dauphin Street police substation that day to report the call. A civil employee told her that the call was probably a prank, she said.
Not satisfied, the woman visited police headquarters on Government Boulevard the next day and filed a report with Detective Mona Wade of the assault and sex crimes unit.
Wade, a 19-year veteran of the police force, could have simply taken the report and pushed it to the bottom of the pile. After all, obscene calls are relatively routine, said Nancy Johnson, a police spokeswoman.
But this caller struck Wade as particularly frightening as she listened to a voice mail that he had left the interior designer. Wade said she was concerned that the caller could actually be abusing a 3-year-old.
That night, Wade said, the case bothered her as she tried to sleep. So she set out to locate the man.
The interior designer, meanwhile, was checking with Wade each day to ask about progress on the case. “I’m very persistent,” she said.
Wade was able to determine through FBI call-tracking capabilities that the man lived near Victorville, Calif., in the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles. She contacted law officers there.
Over the past two weeks, Wade’s efforts and the work of detectives with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office yielded evidence that resulted in California prosecutors charging the 36-year-old Brown with five felonies.
To arrest Brown, sheriff’s deputies armed with warrants entered his home through an open sliding-glass door and awakened him, according to detectives in the case.
Over the past two weeks, Wade’s efforts and the work of detectives with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office yielded evidence that resulted in California prosecutors charging the 36-year-old Brown with five felonies.
To arrest Brown, sheriff’s deputies armed with warrants entered his home through an open sliding-glass door and awakened him, according to detectives in the case.
Brown’s phone records showed that he had apparently made more than 100 random calls in the past couple of months, according to the lead investigator, and allegedly sent child pornography using a pre-paid cell phone.
The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office said it has developed evidence that Brown made obscene calls to phones in a number of states.
He allegedly called a teenage girl in Montana asking her to help him kidnap a young child to sexually abuse. He allegedly sent a Florida woman a cell phone photo of a young girl performing oral sex.
Brown faces two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of distribution of harmful matter to a minor and one count of criminal threats, according the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office. He is scheduled to appear in court today in California.
Both the Mobile police detective and the interior designer said they plan to follow the events of Brown’s prosecution in California.
“You’ve got to listen to your gut instinct,” Wade said of her work to pursue the case.
Praising the interior designer, she added, “We had the perfect victim. She wasn’t going to let go.
The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office said it has developed evidence that Brown made obscene calls to phones in a number of states.
He allegedly called a teenage girl in Montana asking her to help him kidnap a young child to sexually abuse. He allegedly sent a Florida woman a cell phone photo of a young girl performing oral sex.
Brown faces two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of distribution of harmful matter to a minor and one count of criminal threats, according the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office. He is scheduled to appear in court today in California.
Both the Mobile police detective and the interior designer said they plan to follow the events of Brown’s prosecution in California.
“You’ve got to listen to your gut instinct,” Wade said of her work to pursue the case.
Praising the interior designer, she added, “We had the perfect victim. She wasn’t going to let go.
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