The child pornography charges against Croton resident Eric Kyu.

The Chronicle has obtained the Complaint in the case presented to the U.S. District Court by an FBI Special Agent.

Warning: The following text includes graphic descriptions of child pornography.

As we reported yesterday and in an updated report today, Croton resident Eric Kyu of Observatory Drive was arrested last Wednesday, August 7, and charged with child pornography offenses. The following day, August 8, FBI Special Agent Erica Buonocore, assigned to the FBI’s field office in Westchester County, filed a Complaint against Kyu in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY.)

The five-page Complaint describes the search of Kyu’s home, what agents found there, and what Kyu allegedly told the agents during the search. Whether true and accurate or not, the details are so gruesome that they make for very difficult reading, thus the warning posted above. We will report here the basic allegations, and elaborate on them later if necessary and appropriate.

— On or about 5 pm on August 7, armed with a search warrant, FBI agents began searching Kyu’s residence. Present at the time in addition to Eric Kyu were Kyu’s wife, the parents of Kyu’s wife, and Kyu’s daughter. They found several items of law enforcement interest, including a small briefcase, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, and a cell phone.

— Agent Buonocore interviewed Kyu while the search was going on. Kyu waived his Miranda rights and admitted to possession of these items, telling her that he and he alone was able to access the files on them. The briefcase contained approximately 12 sexually explicit printed photographs of “prepubescent minors who appear to be between the approximate ages of seven to twelve,” according to the Complaint.

— Kyu allegedly admitted to using the Tor network to access a Web site which is known to law enforcement to act as a community for child pornography. Kyu admitted that he frequently visited the Web site and that all of the child pornography in his possession came from it.

— Kyu also admitted that the cell phone that had been seized by the agents also contained files with child pornography.

— The agents identified a number of posts that Kyu allegedly made on the Web site and apparently shared with other members:

Among the materials found on the cell phone were:

The Complaint goes on to list other, similar materials found on the cell phone, designated items c. and d. and including an approximately six minute long video. All of these materials were equally sexually explicit.

Agent Buonocore concludes the Complaint by requesting that the court imprison or bail the defendant, “as the case may be.” The latest information we have, as reported by News12 Westchester, is that Kyu was being held in lieu of $150,000 bail. The judge in the matter, at least for the time being, is Andrew E. Krause, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the SDNY.

Under our system of justice, Kyu, despite these very serious charges, is considered innocent until proven guilty. Nevertheless, our justice system also operates whenever possible with the maximum transparency, as it should.

It should be obvious that we wish we did not have to report these shocking details. But the public, and that includes the residents of Croton, have the right to know.

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