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73-year-old arrested using Lowe’s Wi-Fi to view child pornography

This isn't the first time that Leroy Moore, Jr. has been caught with child pornography.

 

Ramon Ramirez

Crime

Posted on Dec 11, 2014   Updated on May 30, 2021, 12:28 am CDT

73-year-old man Leroy Moore, Jr., was arrested Wednesday for viewing child pornography on two laptops while parked in a handicapped spot of a York, S.C. Lowe’s. He’d been accessing the store’s public Wi-Fi.

Moore parked in the same Lowe’s spot for an estimated 90 minutes when a passerby reported him as a suspicious person. Police wearing body cameras approached and questioned Moore where he instantly confessed to the crime. 

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He faces up to 10 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor. 

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“What I watched still affects me today, and will probably affect me for a while,” arresting officer Lt. Rich Caddell said.

According to WSOC9, Moore’s neighbor Jerry McCurry—a techie hobbyist who fixes computers—found a folder containing graphic, underage pornography titled “My Girls” while working on Moore’s computer four years ago. McCurry reported the crime, but the York County Sheriff’s Office never charged Moore. 

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*First Published: Dec 11, 2014, 9:00 am CST