Hockessin Man Arrested After Police Follow Trail of Child Porn Online
A Hockessin man was arrested Tuesday by members of the state Child Predator Task Force and accused of distributing child pornography after an investigation led officers to his computer. Daniel Ryan Cooke, 26, of Michelangelo Court, was charged with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography, said Jason Miller, spokesman for the state Attorney Generalbs Office. Cooke, who was employed during the 2012-2013 school year as an assistant junior varsity soccer coach for the Hornets at the Tatnall School, was being held in the Vaughn Correctional Institution after he failed to post $1.5 million bail. An undercover investigation into file-sharing programs containing child pornography led officers to search Cookebs home early Tuesday. Detectives seized several computers and assorted other media and electronic devices and took Cooke into custody for questioning. A forensic review of the seized items revealed several files of child pornography that […]