Teen charged with distributing child porn from parents' home





See other charged in recent high-profile child pornography cases ... less Walter Thomas Thompson, 18, of Tomball, has been charged with three felony counts of possession of child pornography. Police say they found more than 100 sexually explicit images of children as young as infancy on a tablet he kept in his bedroom at his family's home. Walter Thomas Thompson, 18, of Tomball, has been charged with three felony counts of possession of child pornography. Police say they found more than 100 sexually explicit images of children as young as infancy ... more Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Teen charged with distributing child porn from parents' home 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

A Tomball teen has been arrested and charged with possessing and selling explicit digital images of infants and toddlers.

Walter Thomas Thompson, 18, was arrested Feb. 28 by Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Police after a tip from a friend led police and Texas Rangers to more than 100 explicit digital images stored on electronic devices within Thompsons' family home.

According to court documents, Police say they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault involving a 17-year-old at Cypress Ranch when the friend told police that Thompson had shown her pornographic videos of children on his tablet.

Investigators met with Thompson the following day, and Thompson admitted to downloading, viewing and trading child pornography on his cellphone, tablet, a jump drive and on his family's desktop computer, which was kept within a closet at his home.

On Feb. 28, a search warrant was executed on Thompson's home. Ten digital devices were taken by the Harris County District Attorney's Digital Forensices Investigatiosn Unit. A tablet kept in Thompson's room contained more than 100 images of children as young as infancy, some engaging in sex acts with adults.

Forensic examiners also were able to determine that several images were either sent or delivered on the popular KiK photo-sharing app.

Thompson has been charged with three felony counts of possession of child pornography.