Grant Smith Is In The Mile High Kiddie Porn Club

[TheMorningStar]

Massachusetts State Police say 47-year-old Grant Smith, of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, was sitting in first class Saturday afternoon when a fellow passenger saw the pornographic images on Smith's laptop and alerted the flight crew.

When the plane landed at Boston Logan International Airport just after 4 p.m., troopers interviewed Smith and subsequently arrested him.

He has been charged with possession of child pornography, and police say additional charges could follow. His bail is set at $15,000, and he's scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

Smith was in police custody Saturday night and couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_1...n-mass-flight/

[Dakota Valkyrie]

That's one nasty kiddie porn addiction if he can't go without peeking during a 4½ hour flight.

[princessgrandma]

That's one nasty kiddie porn addiction if he can't go without peeking during a 4½ hour flight.

Yeah, right? I don't know which is worse.... a perving pedophile or one who just looks at the pictures. Either way, it's child abuse b/c SOMEONE took pics of kids like that. It is disgusting. Oh, there's a big contingent on the internet that will tell you that they would never EVER harm a child. BUT... problem is, they don't think sex with an adult harms a child. Another thing, their ranks are slowly being whittled away by the cops busting their members with CP on their computers or evidence of actual child molestation. Sick ass pervs.

[MissDemeanor]

Something more wrong with this dude than addiction if you ask me. I know a few people addicted to drugs but they would either get their fix before the flight or after the flight. I can guarantee you would never see them shooting up ON the flight in full view of other passengers, wtf?

[HeatherHabilatory]

Wtf?! Why would you look at that in PUBLIC?

[Apostle of Chaos]

Wtf?! Why would you look at that in PUBLIC?

Why would you look at all?

[HeatherHabilatory]

Why would you look at all?

Cuz they're a pedo, duh :P

I'm just wondering who the hell would think that OTHER people would be okay with it.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A university professor pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he viewed child pornography on his laptop during a flight from Salt Lake City to Boston.

Grant D. Smith, 47, was ordered held on $75,000 cash bail.

Smith, a professor in the University of Utah materials science and engineering department, was arrested Saturday afternoon on possession of child pornography charges shortly after disembarking the Delta Airlines flight.

Smith was sitting in first class when a passenger seated behind him saw the images and became concerned. The passenger took a cellphone picture of what Smith was doing, then alerted a flight attendant. The passenger also emailed a relative about the situation and asked that person to contact police, and the person did, Prosecutor Erik Bennett said.

Bennett said that Smith tried to erase pictures of what appeared to be pre-teen girls engaged in sexual acts after a flight attendant told him to turn off his computer.

The recently divorced Smith was met at the gate by state police, who asked for and were granted permission to view the contents of the laptop. Investigators allege they found several images of nude or nearly nude children, including girls apparently as young as 6 years old.

"Child pornography is a form of child sexual abuse — nothing less," state police spokesman David Procopio said in a statement. "Those who possess it — a crime unto itself — foster an evil network that sexually abuses and exploits children irreparably."

The judge in East Boston District Court also ordered Smith to have no unsupervised contact with children under 16, to surrender his passport and to refrain from using the Internet except for business purposes if he makes bail.
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The university placed Smith on administrative leave pending the outcome of the case.

"Professor Smith deserves a full and fair investigation into this issue," a university statement said. "The University of Utah, however, has no tolerance for the viewing or possessing of child pornography by any of its employees, regardless of where it occurs."

Smith will be fired if convicted, the statement said.

The investigation is ongoing and Smith is scheduled to return to court on Dec. 27, authorities said.

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Morbid also put this up on the FP this morning: http://www.dreamindemon.com/2011/11/...porn-on-plane/

[Obsolete]

The passenger took a cellphone picture of what Smith was doing,

Uh Oh, now he's gonna get busted for having child porn on his cell.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A Utah man charged with viewing child pornography on a Boston-bound commercial flight won't have to serve his jail sentence if he sticks to the terms of his probation.

Prosecutors say 50-year-old Salt Lake City resident Grant Smith pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing child pornography.

A Boston judge suspended Smith's 2 1/2-year sentence and placed him on five years' probation.

Smith must continue sex offender treatment, comply with Utah sex offender registry requirements and follow restrictions on contact with children and Internet use.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion..._on_plane_case