PRESS RELEASE – LINDEN MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION

WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

200 SKYLINE VISTA DRIVE · FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA 22630

Mark A. But­ler, Sher­iff

PRESS RELEASE – LINDEN MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION

War­ren Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office Arrest Lin­den Man Fol­low­ing Child Pornog­ra­phy Investigation

In March of 2023, the War­ren Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tions Divi­sion was con­tact­ed by the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Wash­ing­ton Air­port Author­i­ty (MWAA) Police to exe­cute a search war­rant at the res­i­dence of John P. Far­ley Jr., a 70-year-old male, in the 900 block of North­ern Spy Dri­ve in Linden.

Dur­ing the course of the ensu­ing inves­ti­ga­tion, sev­er­al elec­tron­ic devices were seized from Far­ley Jr.’s home office. These devices were turned over to the Loudoun Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office Dig­i­tal Foren­sics Unit for pro­cess­ing, and a total of 68 items were flagged as poten­tial Child Pornography.

The dig­i­tal evi­dence was reviewed by WCSO Inves­ti­ga­tor Haj­duk, and it was deter­mined that 16 of the items met the require­ments of the Code of Vir­ginia to place charges. On 05/25/2023, John P. Far­ley Jr. was arrest­ed at his res­i­dence and charged with 16 counts of vio­lat­ing Vir­ginia Code § 18.2–374.1:1 (Pos­ses­sion, Repro­duc­tion, Dis­tri­b­u­tion, Solic­i­ta­tion, and Facil­i­ta­tion of Child Pornography).

The War­ren Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office is a mem­ber of the NOVA/DC Inter­net Crimes Against Chil­dren (ICAC) Task Force, coor­di­nat­ed by the Vir­ginia State Police. The facts of this inci­dent serve to high­light the impor­tance of mul­ti-juris­dic­tion­al inves­ti­ga­tions like this one, and we are grate­ful for the assis­tance of MWAA Police and the Loudoun Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office as we worked to iden­ti­fy and cap­ture this child preda­tor in our com­mu­ni­ty. Any­one with infor­ma­tion regard­ing the solic­i­ta­tion and/or exploita­tion of minors is encour­aged to con­tact the War­ren Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office. Any­one with infor­ma­tion regard­ing this case can con­tact Inves­ti­ga­tor Haj­duk at (540) 635‑7100 ext. 2223 or khajduk@warrencountysheriff.org

Approved for release: Cap­tain R.C. Mumaw

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