DANIA BEACH, Fla. – A Dania Beach man is facing six felony charges after uploading child sexual abuse images to social networking site Reddit, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
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BSO deputies booked Luke Michael Adams into jail on Tuesday, about a year after they said the investigation into the 22-year-old began.
According to an arrest warrant, Reddit tipped off the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in January 2024 that Adams had unsuccessfully attempted to upload a known child sexual abuse image — showing two girls aged 10 to 12 — 10 times.
A BSO detective wrote that it’s likely that the uploads failed due to the platform’s automated system flagging the photos.
The warrant states that ICAC received a half dozen more tips from Reddit in April and May that another account associated with Adams had uploaded child sexual abuse images showing victims as young as 4.
Additionally, deputies said Yahoo flagged Adams for emailing himself “apparent child pornography.”
Detectives said on Oct. 3, 2024, a BSO SWAT team joined them in executing a search warrant at Adams’ home in the 600 block of Northwest Seventh Street.
Deputies said they interviewed Adams, who claimed he is “not into child pornography” but enjoyed it sexually “because it’s something that is not approved of and is shocking.”
They said he also admitted to joining groups on messaging app Telegram where child sexual abuse material is shared.
Authorities said Adams’ “shocked” parents told them that “they have never known (him) to engage in these types of activities.”
The warrant states that deputies determined they wouldn’t arrest Adams until they conducted a forensic analysis of his iPhone.
Authorities said they completed an extraction in early November which showed 10 images and videos of child sexual abuse material on the cellphone. Those files depicted girls as young as 3 years old, the warrant states.
Adams was being held at the BSO Main Jail on a $60,000 bond as of Wednesday morning, according to jail records.