Long time no see Washington Post cartoonist He was arrested on child pornography charges in California, authorities said.
According to the Sacramento Sheriff's Office record49-year-old Darrin Bell, was arrested Wednesday at his south Sacramento home. Bell is being held in the Sacramento County Jail on $1 million bail.
“Donald Trump, like his friend Jeffrey Epstein, is a predator who grooms his victims.”
of sacramento bee Bell was charged with possession and production of child pornography.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. statement Law enforcement was tipped off to the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children about a possible child sex crime.
The Sheriff's Office announced that an individual has uploaded 18 files related to child sexual abuse.
Police said a child pornography file directed them to an account “owned and controlled” by Bell. Investigators said they found a total of 134 child pornography videos on Bell's account.
Detectives searched Bell's home, where they found not only illegal files but also AI-generated child pornography.
Officials noted that this is the first arrest by the Sacramento Valley High Tech Task Force/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force involving possession of computer-generated/AI CSAM. A law that charges individuals with AI-generated child pornography went into effect on January 1, 2025.
According to LinkedIn profileBell was a member of the Washington Post Writers Group for nearly 20 years until March 2023. According to his profile, Bell is currently a cartoonist for King Features Syndicate, a division of Hearst Corporation.
Bell won the Pulitzer Prize in 2019.
Featured in the Washington Post profile It was highlighted in June 2023 that Mr Bell was “discussing” racism and police violence against black people with his three young children.
bell regularly attacked Donald Trump In his comics, image A work depicting the next president trying to grope the Statue of Liberty and the statue. compared Make him Adolf Hitler.
When Trump was reelected, Bell I wrote: “Convicted felon, rapist, fraudster and white supremacist Donald Trump decisively defeated Kamala Harris to become the 47th President of the United States. American voters elected this neo-Confederate president because he won the popular vote.
In February 2024, Bell said of Trump: “He is a racist, a traitor, a career criminal who admires dictators, and a rapist. We will prevent him from returning to the White House. Desperate to do something is a normal reaction for any sane person to have.”
October 2020, Bell I wrote On social media platform And he's encouraging the rest of us to do the same.” He will tolerate whatever he and the red states do to reverse the outcome. ”
in comics Titled “The Groomer,” Bell painted a Republican elephant, a symbol of the Republican Party cornering young children and exposing themselves to them.
to his one comicsBell compared rabid Trump supporters who use the word “groomers” to Nazis.
Grooming refers to the act in which sex offenders form relationships, usually with children, but also adults, in order to manipulate, abuse, and exploit them in order to reduce the risk of being caught.
Another bell comics It focuses on the sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
In 2011, Bell I wrote On social media platform
Bell is also known for the comic “Candorville,” which features three childhood friends.
Mr. Bell is scheduled to appear in court on January 17th.
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