PECOS, Texas — A Pecos man is in jail after authorities connected him to child pornography found on a cell phone.
Miguel Angel Ortega, 38, was taken into custody on January 5 by the Pecos Police Department. PPD was assisted by Texas DPS and Homeland Security.
Ortega has been charged with "Certain Activities Relating to Material Constituting or Containing Child Pornography".
A criminal complaint document revealed that on Jan. 3, Ortega's wife reported him to PPD after she found videos on his phone of "children involved in sexual acts."
That day, Ortega was stopped and arrested by PPD officers for expired vehicle registration and failure to signal lane change. While Ortega was in jail, officers contacted his wife and confirmed the phone that was on him was the one she found the videos on.
On Jan. 4, officers executed a search warrant for the phone. They found an app with several photos of Ortega, including one of his driver's license.
They also found several sexually explicit videos involving children, according to the court document.
No further details are available at this time. We will update this story if we receive more information.