Trump Delegate, Son Of Former Top Maryland Republican, Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

A Maryland delegate for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and son of a former state Republican leader has been charged with making and possessing child pornography and other offenses.

Caleb Andrew Bailey, 30, allegedly filmed child pornography for distribution, a federal indictment claims. The indictment handed down Thursday also charges the Waldorf man with owning illegal weapons and transporting explosives.

He's the son of Collins Bailey, a former vice chair of the state Republican party. The younger Bailey was put forward by the Trump campaign on a slate of Republican National Convention delegates for his congressional district. State party officials told WBAL-TV 11 Thursday night he will be replaced with an alternate.

On Feb. 18, postal police and postal inspectors responded to a United States Postal Service facility in Capital Heights and found ammunition and explosives from a package that ruptured open. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded when called by postal inspectors. The package contained 119 rounds of reloaded .50 caliber cartridges and 200 rounds of 14.5 millimeter spotting projectiles with explosive charges.

Court documents claim that on Feb. 25 and March 3, USPS customer service received calls from someone who gave a false name in the first call, but identified himself as Caleb Bailey in the second. He gave the tracking number for the recovered package and said it had not yet been delivered. Neither Bailey nor the person to whom the shipment was addressed had a federal license to transport the explosives.

Law enforcement agencies arranged a meeting with Bailey at a postal facility on May 5, ostensibly so he could provide information on the missing package in person. He did not appear at the agreed-upon time. That same day, agencies executed search warrants at neighboring properties tied to Bailey, including his home, and found a machine gun. They apparently found evidence of other criminal activity as well, prosecutors say.

The indictment also claims that he produced the pornography from March 2015 to January 2016, and possessed child pornography at the time of the search.

If convicted, he would face up to 10 years in prison for the explosives and weapons charge; 15 to 30 years for production and attempted production of child pornography; and up to 10 years for possessing child pornography. He is detained pending a detention hearing and initial appearance on May 24 at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

WBAL NewsRadio 1090 has reached out to a Trump campaign representative for comment.