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Connecticut FAA Employee Accused of Downloading Child Porn on Work Laptop

A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Connecticut is accused of downloading child pornography on his work laptop and has been arrested. 

Scott Pierson, 57, of Vernon, was arrested Thursday and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. 

Federal authorities said Pierson is an administrative officer assigned to Federal Aviation Administration Bradley Flight Standards District Office in Enfield. 

According to the criminal complaint, the United States Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General received information in March that he was using his FAA-issued laptop computer to access websites that contained child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Federal officials said Pierson also downloaded and maintained hundreds of sexually explicit images and videos of children on his FAA-issued laptop computer and other external devices.

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