Child Pornography...In Our Own Backyard??

For most of my readers: I'm from Indiana. Just recently, there was a man arrested for child pornography. That's always disturbing. What's more disturbing is how he was caught. Even more disturbing was his day job. This raises massive concerns, of course.

Stephen J. Brockman, 48, is a freelance photographer for newspapers, with a website catering to children's sporting events—giving him unusually high access to children.

Our intrepid photographer was caught—asleep at McDonald's, laptop open, displaying pictures of nude children—by Harrison County Police Department Officer Nicholas Smith, who was in all likelihood casually strolling in for a Quarter Pounder. This almost sounds too ludicrous to even make any sense.

Brockman consented to a warrantless search almost immediately. Unsurprisingly, Indiana State Police uncovered hundreds of images of child pornography, with at least one depicting a child performing sexual acts.

Brockman is facing six months to three years in prison for each of nine counts of a Class D felony for possession of child pornography.

There's a serious concern for who we allow near our children. This man photographed your young basketball player. The worst part about sex offenders is that they're not always who you'd expect.