Police: Stratford man inadvertently turned over 100s of images of child porn

STRATFORD - Christopher Kruithof told the desk officer he wanted to file a complaint against the FBI.

The FBI was blocking his cell phone because he had been watching child pornography on it, police said the local man complained. He then showed them the cell phone that had an image on it of a young girl having sex with an adult male.

Police said they let the 47-year-old Kruithof leave while they proceeded to get a warrant to search the phone.

When officers arrested Kruithof on Wednesday, police said they asked him if he had any other child pornography.

“Oh sure,” they said he responded, and turned over two newly purchased cell phones that contained hundreds of images of child pornography.

Police said Kruithof told them he had printed 30 pages of child pornography off the Internet while at libraries in Stratford, Westport and Milford, but had thrown it away because he was concerned it might be wrong to have it.

“Kruithof stated that he has a problem and just currently enrolled in therapy,” police said.

Kruithof, of Judson Place, was charged with two counts of first-degree possession of child pornography and was being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Police said the FBI had not actually been blocking Kruithof’s cell phone. Turns out it was part of a ransomware virus, they said.