On June 15th, 2026, officers were dispatched to a residence to make [music] contact with an individual with illegal images on his phone. >> Hey there. Good, how are you? Are you Damon? >> Yeah. >> Okay, cool. My name's Detective Guzzetta. I work for the Willow Springs Police Department. Your name came up in an investigation. We just wanted to kind of get your side of the story. Everything's okay. Nobody's hurt or anything like that. >> Okay. >> I just had a few quick questions for you. Are you willing to talk to me? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Yeah, no, you're Everything's good, man. He's just my partner. There's no difference having two cops, one cop, whatever. Um Damon, right? >> Yeah, okay. >> Um what kind of phone is that? >> It's a Um let's say just a normal phone. >> Is it like an iPhone or is it a Samsung? >> Samsung. >> Okay. All right. Um Actually, can I see the make of it real quick? >> It's just a normal >> Oh, it's a Samsung flip? >> Yeah. >> Here, can I see it? Okay. All right, I just want to hang on to it for a second. Um Is this You said Verizon, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Uh did you want to talk out here or do you want to go inside, anywhere it's comfortable for you? >> Is there a problem? >> Well, that's kind of what I'm here to clear the air about. Um yeah, your some Like I said, your name came up and and that's kind of where we're where we're at. >> I mean, we can go over here. Can I have it? >> All right. Well, yeah, I'll get you I'll get you your phone back in just a second. Just to let you know, everything's on my body worn camera is on and everything like that, so Were you at work today? >> Yeah. >> How was work? >> Work was good. >> Yeah? >> Yeah. >> All right. So, part of my job as a detective with the village is I'm an Okay. All right. So, if there's a certain file that's downloaded, shared, anything like that, I get a notification about that. Um now that I said that, is there anything that could be No, nothing. Okay. >> I haven't downloaded anything. >> Okay. All right, and this is and this is kind of what I'm here to clear the air about because like I said, a lot of things come across my desk, a lot of files come across my desk, a lot of different names, that kind of thing. So, that's kind of what we're we're trying to figure out here. >> Oh, okay. >> Okay. So, basically and and I'll I'll lay it out here. I'll give it to you on the skinny, right? I have reason to believe that there's material saved on your phone and and on the cloud service that you use with Verizon Wireless, it's called Verizon Cloud. So, that's what I That That That's what I have reason to believe. Okay. So, >> [clears throat] >> I can totally understand like if you get sent files and they're downloaded or you didn't mean to download them, anything like that, but like I said, I have reason to believe that you downloaded them and are saving them to the cloud. data. >> No, I'm not. Okay. I I'm not downloading anything. >> Okay. Have you ever been sent files that you didn't ask for or that you did ask for, anything like that? >> Um no, I've gotten like I mean, I have my email that just sends random stuff like just spam stuff, but I mean, I've never touched any of that stuff cuz that's that's just bad and >> Okay. All right, I got you. Yeah, and and um my partner here, Detective Robo, he he's another ICAC investigator, so he has a little bit more background on the whole internet internet service. So, maybe he can chime in. Yeah. Um but that's kind of that's kind of where we're at. We're just trying to get to the bottom of it, basically, okay? So, like I you're not you're not under arrest or anything, all right? You don't If you don't want to talk to me, I'll leave. That's no That's no problem. Um but that's kind of where we're at right now. >> Okay. >> Okay? >> Is your roommate home now? >> No. >> Okay. >> No, I don't think so. I think he is might be out or at work or something. >> Okay. >> My >> And that's why we said like if if you're okay, we can step inside and just be more private instead of I know you have a lot of neighbors outside, but >> Yeah, it's it's up to you. >> It's fine here. That's >> You're okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> So, um like I said, the the files that uh that I found >> Mhm. >> on your cloud data cloud data storage system system, the synchro system, lead me to believe that they're Uh and and that's and that's why I have possession of your phone right now because that's where I believe that the the files were downloaded from and saved to. >> Oh, okay. >> All right. >> So, um >> with your consent, I would like to search your phone just to make sure those files aren't on there. Uh but that's that's purely on based on your consent. >> And then that way we can make sure like you're saying there's nothing maybe may- maybe there's a mistake or something like that and we can just cross your name off this this list. How it came out. >> I mean, you can check if you want. I'm like there's nothing on there. >> All right. Do you Is there a password on the phone? >> There's no password on the phone. >> All right, just so I can see. >> Yeah. And then >> There's no password on the phone you said? >> Well, no. It's my It is a password, but there's >> Okay. So, um I'll get a little bit more in depth if you want me to. Um basically uh Hang on to that for me. Okay. Basically, um the the files that I I found that were downloaded to your Synchronoss cloud service are images and and videos. >> This this this happened a lot. >> And and it is what it is. Um I can understand curiosity. Uh if if that's what happened, if you were just curious about it and you got those files, I can I can kind of understand that. Is that what >> Is that something like what happened? >> No, I I haven't downloaded any files. >> Okay. >> I There was no curiosity. It's like I try to stay away from that. If like if it did get out of my phone, I deleted that right away cuz it's like I don't want to Okay. I don't want to touch any of that. >> Okay. I hear you. Um now, obviously you're you're Did you just turn 40? >> Yeah, whatever. >> Okay. Okay, well, happy birthday, belated. Um I and I and I can understand that. Um have you Have you ever been sent any kind of images or or files that you were like, uh maybe I should delete this? >> I have been sent files just randomly over uh uh X just from random people and I'm like like, no. No, no. And >> Okay. >> I sent those away. I deleted it cuz that's just it's too fishy over there. >> I got you. >> But no, no, I have not downloaded anything. >> Then you were sent those files by somebody you >> know or somebody you don't know? I don't know them. I don't know I don't know them. They just sent me and they're like, hey. And look at this. I'm like, okay. And I'm like, nope. Nope. Don't want them. >> I got you. When do you think that was? >> I have no idea. I really It's I I I go on there, but I just go on there just to just cruise when I'm at work or stuff like that. >> Okay. When it's a slow day or something like that. All right. Um Okay. And when when you that those files were saved to your phone or or deleted from your phone, did you back them up anywhere else? Do you back your phone up anywhere >> No, I don't back my phone up there. >> Okay. All right. Okay, is there anything else you think that's important in that I'm missing? >> No. >> Okay. All right. >> Do you have a Do you have a laptop or computer >> Yeah, I have that upstairs, yeah. >> Do you have a computer >> No. >> Never? You like sometimes plugging your phone to download like music or something like that? >> No, no, no, no. My computer is just gaming. That's it. >> Okay. >> It's all it is. >> Is it a laptop or is it a desktop? >> Desktop. >> Desktop. Is that the only device >> Yeah. >> Um Do you use the internet for that on that computer? >> Yeah. >> Just okay. >> Basically, what what breaks down today, like I said, you're being honest with me. I I want to be honest with you. All right. Uh I'm going to be confiscating your phone to to do a data extraction on the phone. Um >> I need my phone back cuz that that has all my information I can't I have to have that phone. Like I have to. I have to have that phone. >> I got you. >> Well, also the the the next step of this is I I'm going to be placing you into custody today and arresting you for possession uh because of what I found on on the various legal services that were uh served to your cloud storage, Verizon, Gmail, and that kind of thing. All right. Do you have any questions about that? >> Uh no, I don't have any questions. Is that >> Okay. We can talk more back at the station, too. It would once kind of we can get settled down and >> Um I mean I really I really need my phone because it's like Cuz it has all my banking information. When do I get my phone back? >> Well, so going forward we'll just talk at the station, okay? Cuz then we can kind of explain >> those ones here, one for him. 602. >> how everything works and kind of the timeline of everything, okay? >> Okay. >> All right. We're not trying to create any hardship on you either, you know? We just have to deal with things as they are. >> Okay. >> Okay. Do you have anything without reaching in your pockets, do you have anything in your pockets or anything? >> No, I got a I got my work phone and all that, but other than that >> Okay, that's good. Yeah. All right, man. So, um I'm going to You're a big You're a bigger dude, you got broader shoulders, so I'm going to double cuff you. All right, so it's not going to be one set of handcuffs. >> It's my work phone. >> It's your work phone. Okay. >> Uh what is this called? Energy sword? >> Yeah, that's for uh >> Halo? Yeah, I used to play Halo all the time, man. >> Good. All right, we'll just walk out this way to the back of that squad car. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Yeah, double-check him. >> Good. >> Stay right here for me. >> Oh, okay. >> The man was charged with nine counts of possession of illegal material. The case is currently pending in court. Thanks for viewing the channel. If you liked the video, give us a like, share, and subscribe for more content.