司法部一名律师因收到与2025年联邦调查局调查有关的虐待儿童材料而被捕。
A Justice Department lawyer was arrested for receiving child abuse material linked to a 2025 FBI probe.
Timothy Parsons是司法部在哥伦比亚特区华盛顿的长期法律工作人员,在2025年联邦调查局对一名前儿童心理治疗师进行调查的一起案件中被逮捕并被指控接受儿童性虐待材料。
Timothy Parsons, a long-time Justice Department legal staffer in Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with receiving child sexual abuse material in a case tied to a 2025 FBI investigation into a former child psychotherapist.
住在马里兰州贝塞斯达的Parsons被指控于2019年2月收到多部视频和两张图像,并发表有性指控的言论,包括说“这太热了 ” 。 联邦调查局特工搜查了他的家,没收了电子设备;初步审查没有发现明确的内容,但有待进行全面的法医检查。
Parsons, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland, is accused of receiving multiple videos and two images in February 2019 and making sexually charged remarks, including saying “That is so hot.” FBI agents searched his home, seizing electronic devices; an initial review found no explicit content, but a full forensic exam is pending.
他正在司法部休假,被任命为联邦公设辩护人,并预定在马里兰州格林贝特出庭。
He is on leave from the Justice Department, has been appointed a federal public defender, and is scheduled to appear in court in Greenbelt, Maryland.
该部门确认了他的休假,并说将遵循标准纪律程序。
The department confirmed his leave and said standard disciplinary procedures will follow.
Parsons没有认罪,案件仍在调查中。
Parsons has not entered a plea, and the case remains under investigation.