Posted on 04/03/2026 7:21:36 PM PDT by simpson96
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A pediatric nurse who worked at Presbyterian Hospital in downtown Albuquerque has been arrested and is accused of possessing, selling and trading child pornography videos online.
Blade Rogers, 29, was arrested Thursday and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center after being charged with possession of a visual medium of sexual exploitation of a child under the age of 13.
He was set to appear before a judge Thursday afternoon, but his first appearance was postponed due to medical reasons.
In early February, instant messaging company Kik alerted the New Mexico Department of Justice that one of its users had sent or received child pornography videos
According to court documents, Kik is known for features preserving users' anonymity. A username is the only unique identifier in their system and is the only way to identify a unique Kik account.
Kik recorded an IP address for the incident, and it was learned that the IP address was serviced by Comcast Cable. After a grand jury subpoena, Comcast identified the subscriber of its account with an address, phone number and a Google email address, which agents traced back to Rogers.
According to the criminal complaint, Kik reported that the user had sent multiple videos of child sexual abuse on its app. Some are as short as nine seconds, while others are more than a minute long. But each video contains young children ranging in age from about 5 years old to roughly 13 years old, according to a criminal complaint.
Law enforcement believes Rogers used the Kik account to trade and sell the explicit videos to other users on the app. A search warrant showed multiple messages between Rogers' account and unknown users.
Federal agents conducted a search warrant at Rogers' home and searched through his phone in early April. According to court documents, Rogers told agents that he used several social media apps, but failed to mention Kik.
But when agents went through his phone, they discovered the Kik messaging app, and in it, they viewed a video depicting child pornography.
"It is deeply disturbing to learn that an individual entrusted to work with children is accused of possessing such illegal material," Attorney General Raúl Torrez said. "While every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty, the circumstances surrounding this arrest shake the sense of trust that families place in those who care for their kids. Our office will continue to act swiftly and decisively whenever that trust is betrayed, and we remain unwavering in our commitment to protecting the safety and dignity of every child in New Mexico."
Rogers was a pediatric nurse at Presbyterian, but has since been fired. A spokesperson for the hospital told KOAT they learned about Rodgers' arrest on Thursday.
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Not so serious in a TikTok video, below. I viewed it so you don't have to hear his three-dollar-bill baby voice.
A Nurse named ‘Blade’!
“...A Nurse named ‘Blade’!...”
Not very sharp of him, eh?
Nope.
Such irony.
What a disgusting fooker!
No more nurse job for him…..not even in the pen.
Never understood why this attraction to pedophilia. Definitely demonic.
He’ll be someone’s nurse in the pen.
They take out the pedo trash, typically.
There was a term, c. 1920s, a “gay blade”. Google defines the term thus:
“A “gay blade” is a dated, often colloquial phrase referring to a dashing, lively, and carefree young man.”
LOL!
I’m sure someone in the pen would just love to schedule the pedo-nurse for an in house colonoscopy…..
Why do you work as a pediatric nurse?
Because that’s where the kids are.
The last time I saw that expression used (gay blade), was back in 1981. Actor George Hamilton acting in a comedy called
“Zorro, The Gay Blade”.
When Zorro is injured, his flamboyant gay twin brother Ramon
takes over. Not exactly Oscar Material.
That is sooooo sick. Lock this p o s up and lose the key.
Male pediatric nurse…uh huh, nothing to see there.
I wouldn’t trust that guy just lookin’ at him
As I recall, there was a publication focusing on the phag lifestyle called “The Blade” circulating in the Baltimore/DC area in the 80’s and 90’s.
Hopefully they cut Blade down to size.
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