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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
I, Lori Keefer, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn state the following is true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief. On or about November 15,2010, in Tarrant County, in the Northern District
knowingly distribute, using any means or facility of interstate and foreign commerce, visual depictions
of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct;
I further state that I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and that this
See attached Affidavit of Special Agent Lori Keefer, which is incorporated and made a part hereof by
reference.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, on this 10th day of March 2011, at Fort Worth, Texas.
AFFIDAVIT
INTRODUCTION
1. I have been employed as a Special Agent (SA) with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) since January 9, 1989, and am currently assigned to the Dallas
Division, Fort Worth Resident Agency located at 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Suite
500, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. Since joining the FBI, I have been involved in
law. I have gained expertise in the conduct of such investigations through training in
enforcement of federal child pornography laws in which computers are used as the
2. This affidavit sets forth facts and suggest reasonable inferences from those
November 15,2010, in the Northern District of Texas, Derek M. RIPLEY committed the
knowledge of the described investigation and from information obtained from other
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OVERVIEW OF INVESTIGATION
(P2P). P2P allows individuals to meet each other through the Internet, engage in
social networking and trade files. One aspect of P2P file sharing is that multiple files
may be downloaded in parallel, which permits downloading more than one file at a
time.
address. This address, expressed as four sets of numbers separated by decimal points,
the location of the computer with which the address is associated, making it possible
identify the IP address of the P2P computer sending the file. Such software monitors
observed that an individual, using the username Leak13, was logged into the network.
SA Couch viewed the contents and downloaded files from folders that Leak13 had
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image and or movie files depicting child pornography. SA Couch observed that
Leak13 was sharing over 1,400 files. SA Couch previewed Leak13's shared
directories and observed files containing child pornography. SA Couch selected eight
(8) image files and six (6) video files and began to download them directly from
Leak13's computer between 5:16 p.m. and 5:25 p.m. EST. During the download of
these files, SA Couch used a network monitoring program in order to identify the IP
address ofLeak13's computer. SA Couch was able to determine that the IP address
depicting child pornography from RIPLEY's shared folder. Five (5) of the eight (8)
downloaded files that depict child pornography have the following names and are
briefly described:
a) Cory 12yo boy in red 016.jpg. This is an image file that depicts the
This is an image file that depicts the lascivious exhibition of the genitals of a
prepubescent male;
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intercourse between a minor male with his hands bound behind his back and a
male.
Corporation (SBC) Internet Services. Results from the administrative subpoenas sent to
SBC for the date and times the files were downloaded revealed that the IP address was
residence in Fort Worth, Texas. RIPLEY, lives alone at the residence and consented to
be interviewed. During the interview, RIPLEY confirmed that one of his user names
was Leak13. RIPLEY also confirmed that he used other file sharing programs to view,
distribute and access child pornography via the Internet. RIPLEY stated that he used his
computer desktop in his bedroom to view the child pornography. RIPLEY continued to
state that he saved all of his child pornography onto a separate external hard drive.
RIPLEY stated that he viewed mostly boys but did view girls from time to time.
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RIPLEY confinned that he masturbated while viewing the child pornography and has
been viewing child pornography since his college years. RIPLEY stated that every time
he views child pornography it was going to be his last time. RIPLEY did continue to
state that he would continue to view child pornography and had done so as recently as
March 7, 2011. RIPLEY also stated that child pornography, "is the most disgusting
thing in the world, I have no desire for children, I work with the youth at my church."
11. In addition to the child pornography that was distributed using the Internet
from the defendant's computer, the defendant had access to numerous images of child
CONCLUSION
12. Based on the foregoing facts and circumstances, I respectfully submit that
there is probable cause to believe that on or about November 15,2010, in the Northern
Lori Keefer
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
'-'.L~~lJEJEFFREY L. CURETON
ates Magistrate Judge