Salt Lake Tribune: Feds charge Utahn

15 Dec 2004


      with child porn crimes
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ont size=3D'2'>By Pamela Manson  <br>The Salt Lake Tribune <br><br>Salt Lak=
e Tribune<br></font><P><font size=3D'3'><!-- body start -->A Utah man under=
 investigation by Canadian authorities for allegedly trying to bring images=
 of children in sexual situations across the border has been charged in the=
 United States with child pornography counts.<br>   Mark Edw=
ard Calder, 36, of Bountiful, is accused in a federal complaint of one coun=
t each of possession of child pornography and transportation of child porno=
graphy. He has been jailed pending a hearing today in U.S. District Court i=
n Salt Lake City.<br>   Now investigators are asking the pub=
lic for information about any contact Calder, who drives a 2001 Audi TT wit=
h a Utah license plate that says "MARQUE," had with minors. <br>  =
; The suspect was arrested Friday outside a West Valley City arcade. I=
nvestigators had spotted him earlier in the day shopping with twin girls, w=
ho are about 8, in the children's sections of two Kmarts. Calder told polic=
e the girls were friends of the family, according to court records.<br>&nbs=
p;  In addition to the child pornography charges, Calder is being=
 investigated for possible identity fraud, the U.S. Attorney Office in Utah=
 says. The child pornography transportation charge carries a maximum penalt=
y of 30 years in prison, and the maximum for possession is 10 years. <br>&n=
bsp;  A statement by agent Adam Parks of Immigration and Customs =
Enforcement (ICE), filed with the federal complaint, says Calder tried to e=
nter Canada by car at the Cascade, British Columbia, port of entry July 29.=
 A Canadian customs officer who questioned him became suspicious, and Calde=
r's vehicle and laptop computer were searched.<br>   Text fi=
les describing children ages 9 to 14 involved in incest, rape and sex with =
adults were found, according to Parks' statement. The agent says officers a=
lso discovered five pairs of girls' soiled underwear and three sex toys in =
the car trunk, as well as a printout of a Canadian hotel reservation for tw=
o adults and two children, ages 7 and 10.<br>   Canada infor=
med U.S. authorities that it was investigating Calder and, in turn, ICE and=
 the Utah Identity Theft Task Force launched their own probe, leading to Fr=
iday's arrest.<br>   The ICE statement says Calder admitted =
he had mailed a laptop and three compact flash cards containing child porno=
graphy to his Bountiful home and had possessed movies of minors engaging in=
 sexual conduct. He also allegedly admitted stealing youngsters' underwear =
and maintaining a fictitious identity under the name Marque Cawder.<br>&nbs=
p;  Anyone who has information about suspicious activity by Calde=
r or who is aware of unsupervised contact he had with children is asked to =
call the FBI at 579-1400. An agent will return calls.<br>   =
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