Hundreds of child porn images found on man’s iCloud account
A flight attendant working for American Airlines has been charged on two counts after he was caught secretly recording video of a 14-year-old girl in an airplane restroom via his cell phone, according to police.
The suspect, 36-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III of Charlotte, North Carolina, reportedly had footage of at least four other female children and hundreds of AI child porn images on his cellular device and iCloud account.
NEW: American Airlines flight attendant Estes Carter Thompson III indicted for secretly filming a 14-year-old girl going to the bathroom on the plane.
Police say Thompson had recordings of four other girls, 7, 9, 11 & 14, on his phone.
The incident happened when Thompson… pic.twitter.com/4DBsK8knY3
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Investigators said the 14-year-old girl was led to the first-class restroom by Thompson, who claimed he had to wash his hands first but placed his cell phone under the toilet seat with the camera set to record.
The young lady explained she didn’t even see the phone until she got up from her seat, taking a photo to show her mother once she did notice the device.
When the girl’s father learned of the predatory airline employee, he confronted the man and a scuffle broke out according to the victim’s attorney.
Thompson was charged with “one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of images of child sexual abuse depicting a prepubescent minor.”
The suspected pedophile faces decades in jail time if convicted on both counts.
