A man arrested in Anderson a couple of weeks ago for taking pictures of little girls has been arrested again following an investigation. On January 6th Anderson Police were told that a man was taking photographs of one or more underage girls at the Factory Outlets shopping center. After identifying the man as 40-year-old Jose Jesus Ortiz Jr of San Jose, Anderson Police and Sheriff’s Detectives arrived at a Bay Street home a few days later with warrants. Ortiz Jr was booked into jail but was able to post bail and was released. Since then, investigators have been analyzing hundreds of thousands of documents, images and videos that were seized from the home. Wednesday the APD got an arrest warrant and took Ortiz into custody. He’s in jail on $50,000 bail, with charges including the possession and manufacture of child pornography and the use of a minor to create obscene material. Anyone with useful information can share it at AndersonPolice.org/TIPS
– Steve Gibson