Fugitive arrested on child porn warrants
<p>This mug shot is from the Collin County, Texas sheriff's office's website which lists Killingsworth as one the county's 10 most wanted criminals. </p>
Keith David Killingsworth, 37, was arrested at his Coeur d’Alene residence Thursday by members of the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, reports Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood.
Killingsworth, 37, is a registered sex offender in Texas who absconded from Collin County, and has failed to register in any other state.
He was taken into custody on 12 outstanding felony warrants out of Collin County, Texas for possession of child pornography.
The Collin County Sheriff’s Office lists Killingsworth as one of its 10 most wanted individuals.
An investigation discovered Killingsworth was living in Coeur d’Alene, and was using his computer to make child pornography available to others on an Internet peer-to-peer network.
He is being held at the Kootenai County Public Safety Building on the Texas warrants but faces additional charges for the crimes committed in Idaho.
The Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is a multi-agency unit that includes the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, the Kootenai County Prosecutors Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the US Marshalls Office. Their focus is on apprehending and prosecuting individuals who use the internet to criminally exploit children.