A first-grade teacher, a former animal control officer, and Disney employees are among nine people who were arrested during an undercover child pornography investigation in Florida.
The arrests were made during investigation "Operation Child Shield 3," focusing on the promotion, possession, and distribution of child pornography.
First-grade teacher Juan Berrios, 64, was charged with 35 counts Possession of Child Pornography after uploading porn depicting children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. Detectives seized multiple computers from his home and say they located files depicting children as young as 6-8 months old.
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"He doesn't believe the children are victims. He says because they are not forced to do this and then he said, and they seemed to enjoy it and he suspects that a lot of times they are paid for it. Are you kidding me?" said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
Sheriff Judd says some of the men arrested used their jobs to get closer to children.
The other suspects are: Kevin Nazzaro, 52, of Davenport, who is a cook at Big River Grille and Brewing Works at Disney’s Boardwalk; Thursk Seepersad, 27, of Lakeland, who was in the Navy from 2006-2011; Guillermo “Will” Torres III, 29, of Lakeland, who works at Publix in the bakery warehouse; Angel Rivera-Maldonado, 44, of Auburndale, who works in housekeeping at Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge; Terry Drawdy, 46, of Lakeland, who authorities say was having sexual conversations via Facebook messenger with a 15-year-old Ohio girl; Robert “Gary” Willis, 70, of Davenport, who is a retired electrical engineer and married; and James A Ballone, 53, of Bartow who is charged with 65 counts of possession of child pornography, told detectives that he is the owner of J&K Cleaning.