A Cleveland Police officer was placed on unpaid leave after being arrested in Florida on federal child porn charges on Tuesday, Cleveland Police said.
According to federal charging documents, Officer Rafael Rodriguez was stopped by customs at Miami International Airport as he returned from Colombia on Tuesday.
The criminal complaints stated that a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer discovered several sexual images involving children on his phone.
He was charged with one count of transportation of visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of minors and two counts of possession of visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
A spokesperson from the Cleveland Police Department said Rodriguez was hired in 2001 and recently served in the airport unit.
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