In a disturbing reveal from a Brickell neighborhood apartment, Miami Police have arrested 38-year-old Brandon Alexander Cotton for possession of several videos depicting the sexual abuse of very young children. According to a report followed up by Local 10, Cotton was pinpointed after uploading illegal content to the cloud storage service Dropbox.
Yesterday morning saw the execution of a search warrant at Cotton's residence in the Camden Brickell building, located at 50 SW 10th St. The officers, part of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, reportedly found on an external hard drive, footage of abuse so severe it spanned to include infants described as newborns. One label chillingly read, "You're a pedophile." In their operation, police took care to thoroughly remove multiple MacBooks, hard drives, and his cellphone to meticulously analyze them for evidence, as reported by Local 10.
Further details from NBC Miami clarified that the investigation began with a tip from last October. An undercover operation unraveled Cotton's alleged actions, leading to his arrest yesterday morning without incident. Charged with 15 counts of possession of child pornography, he was detained at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond to be set.
Law enforcement officials emphasized the severity of the content discovered. "We spoke to the person of interest, he gave us a full confession into how he was obtaining all the child sexual abuse material and how he would store it into a storage drive," a detective told NBC Miami. This flagrant abuse captured in the videos shaken to disclose crimes against children as young as one month. While the current charges stand at 15 counts, further investigation may prompt changes depending on additional findings.
