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23-05-2025
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Ohio firefighter arrested after child porn investigation
A firefighter from Columbus was arrested Wednesday at his home and is facing federal charges for receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material, originally reported by our news partner WBNS 10TV in Columbus. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Carson Bigham, 23, was arrested at his home as the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force searched his home and removed electronics, WBNS says. TRENDING STORIES: Founding member of popular Dayton band feared dead in California plane crash Former MLB player sues Reds after suffering career-ending injury at Great American Ball Park Area school named one of the Best Communities for Music Education Law enforcement received tips from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children about a Columbus man who was facing child sexual abuse material charges in March, WBNS says. This man's devices were seized and law enforcement found conversations between the man and Bigham. According to WBNS, the conversations included discussion about engaging in sex with minors and allegedly Bigham received incriminating material during these conversations. Bigham was in federal court Thursday, WBNS says. If convicted, Bigham would serve between five and 20 years in prison and he would have to register as a sex offender after his release, according to WBNS. His hearing is set for May 27. Bigham has served with the Columbus Fire Department since 2021 and has been placed on administrative leave, according to WBNS. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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22-05-2025
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Columbus firefighter living in Lancaster accused of receiving child pornography
A Fairfield County man who works as a Columbus firefighter was arrested on Wednesday, May 21, on federal child pornography charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio has announced. Carson Bigham, 23, of Lancaster, is accused of receiving child pornography. He was arrested at his home in Lancaster and appeared in federal court on Thursday, May 22, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for Ohio's Southern District. According to charging documents, law enforcement agencies received two separate cyber tips from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children regarding an unnamed Columbus man who was charged with federal child pornography crimes in March. One of the tips was from the Kik Messenger app concerning the distribution of 13 child pornography files. The second tip was from Sniffies LLC, a map-based hookup application for gay and bisexual men. Law enforcement seized electronic devices from the unnamed Columbus man and found conversations between him and Bigham that included discussions about having sex with minors, according to federal prosecutors. Bigham allegedly received child pornography during these conversations, prosecutors said, which included files showing minors engaged in sexual acts with adults. Prosecutors said that Bigham used the screen name "daddy" during these conversations. Law enforcement officers discovered that Bigham is employed as a Columbus firefighter, and photographs of Bigham matched those sent to the Columbus man during their conversations, the U.S. Reporter Shahid Meighan can be reached at smeighan@ at ShahidMeighan on X, and at on Bluesky. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus firefighter Carson Bigham faces federal child porn charges
