California Firefighter Pleads to Child Porn Charges

A California firefighter who was arrested last December after investigators uncovered child pornography on electronic devices at his firehouse and his home, has pled no contest to possession of child pornography.

Kern County firefighter Christopher Vega, 35, resigned from the fire department January 14, 2022. He is now facing a 16-month prison sentence along with a lifetime sex offender registration requirement. He will be sentenced on April 12, 2022.

Vega was arrested on December 20, 2021, following the execution of search warrants at multiple locations including his workplace and his home.  The investigation zeroed in on Vega because an IP address associated with accessing child pornography was traced to Kern County Fire Station 25. Investigators determined Vega was the only firefighter present on each of the occasions when the child pornography web site was accessed. Investigators claim he possessed more than 600 images and videos containing child pornography.  More on the story.