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Arnett has admitted that he took photos of minors engaged in sexually
explicit acts between 2000 and 2008. He was charged in May with three child
pornography counts, and has been linked to an international conspiracy to
distribute illegal images of children. The United States Homeland Security was
able to identify Arnett last year by noticing a water bottle in a photograph
that contained the logo of a Johnson County pool. Later, investigators were
able to find two teens that cited abuse from Arnett when they were younger.
This international investigation into a child pornography ring, also
known as Operation Holitna, has produced 34 arrests outside of the United
States and 16 in the USA. According to
Homeland Security, around 160 child victims have been identified and rescued.
Operation Holitna began in 2010, when pornographic images were discovered that
did not originate in the USA. The images were later traced to a daycare center
in the Netherlands, and the operator of the center was charged.
In August, a friend of Arnett’s, Robert Poe III of Kansas City, was
arrested and charged with sexually abusing two boys and transporting a minor
for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act.
According to Arnett’s plea agreement, he will not ask for a sentence
less than 20 years, and prosecutors will not ask for a sentence of more than 30
years.
What is even more unsettling about Arnett’s case is that discussions involving him killing and eating children have been found online. A Florida man who chatted with Arnett about these actions has been charged, but has claimed that these were merely fantasies that he would never act upon.
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