Nationwide — James B. Gosnell, Jr., a 68-year-old choose in South Carolina, was arrested for allegedly buying little one sexual abuse materials from the UK and possessing specific recordsdata, uncovered via on-line funds linked to his private accounts.
In keeping with Fox 8 Dwell, federal brokers say the investigation started after the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters flagged suspicious transactions. The Division of Homeland Safety traced funds made in November 2024 to a UK distributor, with the account tied to Gosnell’s cellphone, handle, and e mail.
Brokers secured a search warrant for his residence and units. Through the search, they are saying they discovered a flash drive containing a number of movies and pictures exhibiting infants, toddlers, and different minors being sexually abused. Gosnell now faces federal fees of possessing little one sexual abuse materials.
Following his arrest, the South Carolina Supreme Court docket instantly suspended him. In its order, the courtroom stated Gosnell’s continued service as a Justice of the Peace choose in Charleston County “poses a considerable menace of great hurt to the general public and the administration of justice.” All entry to courtroom information, accounts, and units related to his function was reduce off.
Gosnell is broadly remembered for his function within the 2015 bond listening to of Dylann Roof, the white supremacist later convicted of murdering 9 Black parishioners at Mom Emanuel AME Church. Throughout that listening to, Gosnell requested for sympathy for Roof’s kinfolk, saying there have been “victims on this younger man’s facet of the household,” a comment that drew outrage from many in Charleston’s Black neighborhood.
Years earlier, in 2003, Gosnell was publicly reprimanded by the South Carolina Supreme Court docket after he used the n-word in courtroom. At a bond discount listening to for a Black defendant, Gosnell stated, “There are 4 varieties of individuals on this world — black folks, white folks, rednecks and n—–.” He defended the remark on the time by claiming he meant to shock the defendant into altering course.
