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Secret Service finds images of sex acts involving children in Bell County man's devices

The Bell County Sheriff's Department's Special Crime Unit received a report Friday from United States Secret Service about numerous lewd images of children under 18 on devices belonging to 57-year-old Phillip Joseph Beauchamp.

A man who was charged in November with aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14-year-old is facing more charges.

The Bell County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Crime Unit received a report Friday from United States Secret Service about numerous lewd images of children under 18 on devices belonging to 57-year-old Phillip Joseph Beauchamp.

On November 17, 2017, the Special Crime Unit was assigned an investigation into a report of an aggravated sexual assault of a child. Deputies had first learned of the case on Aug. 28 when they were forwarded a report from the Killeen Police Department, who had originally investigated the incident which occurred at Beauchamp’s home on Pecan Creek Road.

During the investigation, deputies executed a search warrant for electronic devices belonging to Beauchamp. Investigators requested assistance from the U.S. Secret Service to perform a forensic analysis of the electronic devices seized from Beauchamp’s home.

In the Friday report, the Secret Service found lewd depictions of children under the age of 18, as well as images showing the genitalia of children under 18. There were also images of sex acts involving children under the age of 18.

An arrest warrant for Beauchamp was issued Tuesday for possession of child pornography. The warrant was issued with a suggested bond amount of $500,000.

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