A Mount Pleasant man, who was arrested Monday for having pornographic images and videos of children at his home, is in jail.
John Maloney, 43, was arrested at 9:45 a.m. Monday at his residence in the 5700 block of Cambridge Circle. Investigators from the Racine County Sheriff’s Department — Internet Crimes Against Children Unit searched the home and found the downloaded videos and photos.
Maloney, who was convicted in 2001 of exposing his genitals to a child, told investigators that some of the images were of children 8 years and older, according to a press release by the Racine County Sheriff’s Department.
Read the press release.
During an interview with investigators, Maloney told them: “I know I have an addiction of wanting to look at young girls.”
Maloney is in custody at that the Racine County on a $250,000 cash bond.
