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TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his CyberCrime Unit has arrested a Pinellas County man on charges of promoting the sexual performance of a child. Christopher Bobo was arrested today by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and the Largo Police Department.

Investigators discovered Bobo’s possession of child pornography during an undercover internet investigation that identified known images of child pornography and traced the files back to Bobo’s computer. A search warrant was executed at Bobo’s largo home and his computer was seized, along with additional computer equipment. Bobo, 24, admitted to knowingly downloading the images identified during the undercover investigation, some of which are videos of what appears to be prepubescent children.

The computer and other equipment seized will undergo additional forensic analysis to determine whether any additional images of child pornography are present. Bobo, an employee of the Tampa Bay Telephone Company, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail. He will be charged with four counts of promoting the sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony which carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years per count. Additional charges could also be added at a later date. A copy of Bobo’s booking photograph will be available from the Pinellas County Jail when the booking process has been completed.

The CyberCrime Unit's mission is to protect children from computer-facilitated sexual exploitation. The unit does this by working cooperatively on a statewide basis with law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to provide resources and expertise, while preventing the spread of these crimes through education and community awareness. The CyberCrime Unit is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) of Central Florida.