By Mark Gomez, San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE — A 36-year-old Mountain View police officer renowned in the Bay Area for his lifelike sketches was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of felony possession and distribution of child pornography.
Mountain View police Officer Kevin Nguyen, 36, was arrested May 13 on suspicion of possessing child pornography. ( San Jose Police Department )
Officer Kevin Nguyen, a 7-year veteran, was placed on paid administrative leave following the arrest, according to Sgt. Saul Jaeger, a spokesman for Mountain View police.
San Jose police released scant details about the investigation and arrest but did say detectives located child pornography on a computer belonging to Nguyen at a residence in San Jose.
Detectives arrested Nguyen at the Mountain View Police Department on Tuesday afternoon after executing a search warrant at his San Jose home, Jaeger said. The arrest followed an investigation by San Jose police and the Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
Wednesday, the Mountain View Police Department issued a news release regarding the arrest of one of its own. Chief Scott S.G. Vermeer also posted on Facebook an open letter to the community regarding the arrest of Nguyen.
“We like to take an approach both internally and with the public of honesty and transparency,” Vermeer said in a telephone interview. “We’re incredibly disappointed and saddened by these types of allegations. Any arrest of a police officer is extremely troubling. When the allegation is of this nature, it’s even more exaggerated in how troubling it is.”
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