Child porn charges upheld (Search of ex-sergeant's computer flawed but OK, judge says.)

The Fresno Bee ^ | 1-11-08 | Chris Collins

[Enterprise]

Even though a federal agent investigating former Fresno County sheriff's Sgt. Ron Vaughn Jr. for possession of child pornography made "serious mistakes" in his search warrant affidavit, the errors were not intentional and not meant to mislead a federal magistrate, a judge ruled Friday.

[Enterprise]

"Vaughn, who resigned from the Sheriff's Department in 2006, was a detective who investigated child pornography cases."

"During the hearing, Prado testified that in his haste to write the affidavit, he mistakenly asserted that Vaughn possessed child pornography but meant to say it was only his opinion."