A Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputy faces serious federal charges after being arrested in Georgia on allegations related to child sexual abuse material, both FOX5 Atlanta and WSAV have reported. The suspect, identified as Carle Miranda Blum, aged 51, was detained by FBI agents in Roswell and is pending extradition to Florida.
According to the reports, Blum is accused of receiving and producing visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of a 17-year-old, the charges stem from an incident this past spring where she traveled to Atlanta and it is alleged that there she recorded various sexually explicit videos with the minor. The allegations bring Blum into the crosshairs of Project Safe Childhood, a national campaign that has been combatting child exploitation since 2006.
Details obtained by FOX5 Atlanta state that Blum could face a minimum of 15 years to a maximum of 30 years imprisonment if convicted of the production charge and an additional 5 to 20 years for the receipt charge. These are severe penalties that reflect the gravity of federal offenses aimed at curbing the sexual exploitation of minors.
For those seeking more information or wishing to report suspected child sexual exploitation, resources are available through Project Safe Childhood's website and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Cyber Tip Line.
