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TOOELE — A Tooele man who police say has had an addiction to child pornography for 20 years, and a Taylorsville woman who helped enable that addiction by allegedly sending him pictures she took of a young girl, have both been arrested.
Christopher Poole, 34, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony. Brittany Driscoll, 36, of Taylorsville, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail late Thursday for investigation of 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Poole has been under investigation since August when Snapchat reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone was uploading multiple child pornography images and videos to an account determined to be owned by Poole, according to charging documents.
As investigators went through his account, they "discovered numerous messages between Poole and other Snapchat users asking for and distributing child pornography," the charges state.
On Tuesday, agents went to Poole's home with a search warrant. During questioning, he "admitted he had viewed child pornography for about 20 years" and to sending and receiving child porn on Snapchat, according to the charges.
Poole said one of the people whom he received pictures and videos from was Driscoll, a woman he was in a relationship with, the court documents allege.
On Thursday, Internet Crimes Against Children task force agents went to Driscoll's residence to serve a search warrant there. While questioning her, Driscoll admitted to taking multiple pictures of a young girl, the charges say.
"Brittany would then send the videos and pictures to Christopher Poole via Snapchat," according to a police booking affidavit. "She stated Christopher would ask for the naked photos of (the) child and she wanted to impress him so she would take them."
