Brandon Alexander Cotton, 38, was arrested in Miami for possessing over a dozen child sexual abuse videos found on his Dropbox account. Following a cyber tip in October, police executed a search warrant at Cotton's home, discovering 15 videos showing the abuse of children as young as a month old. Cotton admitted to owning the account, which had been deactivated, and was charged with 15 counts of possession of sexual performance by a child. He remains in custody with a bond set at $37,500.
On Tuesday, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force officers raided Cotton's Brickell home, executing a search warrant to find the abuse videos they were tipped off to.
According to officers, Cotton spoke to authorities and told them he owned the Dropbox account that was deactivated. He went on to say the account had a folder where he saved multiple videos of child sexual abuse.
Cotton was arrested and charged with 15 counts of possession of sexual performance by a child. As of Thursday night, he remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $37,500 bond.
In October, through a cyber tip, Miami police were notified of child pornography being uploaded to a Dropbox account, which was later connected to Brandon Alexander Cotton, 38.
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