Two Northwest Arkansas men have been arrested in a child-pornography investigation that began in 2014.
Garry Traphagan, 61, and Alex Traphagan, 21, are accused of possessing, distributing or viewing child pornography, according to a probable-cause affidavit.
Both men were were arrested Wednesday and booked into the Washington County jail. They were released on $5,000 bond each.
The investigation began in 2014 when Canadian authorities saw that several links to child pornography were being posted in a chatroom, according to the affidavit.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigators eventually linked some of the posts to an IP address in Arkansas and obtained information from AT&T linking the IP address to the Traphagans' house in Fayetteville, the affidavit states.
Authorities obtained a search warrant for the home and served the warrant Oct. 28, 2014. The search turned up child pornography on multiple devices, according to the affidavit.
Alex Traphagan also admitted to investigators that he had uploaded child pornography and used multiple websites and screen names to obtain child pornography, according to the affidavit. He apologized for his actions and said he was glad he was caught to prevent his problem from worsening, the affidavit stated.
A forensic examination of Garry Traphagan's computer also turned up multiple images of child porn, according to the affidavit.
Investigators questioned Garry Traphagan on Oct. 6, 2015. He told them he had viewed pornography on the computer but said he did not know any of it depicted children.
Investigators obtained arrest warrants for both men April 28 and served them Wednesday.
Metro on 05/06/2016