PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit have arrested a Largo man for multiple counts of possession of child pornography.
Detectives began their investigation after receiving information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that child pornography was being uploaded via the social media application, Snapchat.
Through various investigative techniques, detectives were able to identify the suspect as 21-year-old Gabriel Lipper.
Detectives say a search of Lipper’s phone yielded child pornography files. When Lipper was interviewed by detectives, he admitted to possessing the images on his phone.
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On August 11, 2022, detectives arrested Lipper and charged him with six counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
Lipper was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.
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