Democratic Delegate and distinguished homosexual activist Matthew Inman, 39, has been arrested after sending baby pornography to an undercover police officer.
In accordance with Inman’s X account bio, archived here, he serves because the President of the Rainbow Democrats, a nonprofit that goals to “foster goodwill between lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and allied members of the Democratic Celebration and the group at giant.” Inman, an Orlando resident, was beforehand the Orange County Democratic Celebration’s Treasurer.
In accordance with his Instagram and X posts, he’s a self-described “anti-Trump” Kamala Harris supporter.
Inman attended the 2024 DNC conference and proudly introduced he could be supporting Harris as a Congressional District 9 Celebration Delegate.
Extra from Andy Ngo:
Ngo scoop: Matthew A. Inman, the treasurer for the Orange County Democratic Celebration @OrangeDemsFL in Orlando, Fla., has been federally arrested on baby s—x crime fees.
Inman, who additionally served as president of the Rainbow Democrats @Rainbow_Dems LGBTQ+ group, allegedly expressed… pic.twitter.com/GUA7aSgM4Q
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 24, 2025
The U.S. District Lawyer’s workplace stated in a press release that between August and October 2024, Inman “obtained and saved a number of movies of kid sexual abuse materials (CSAM),” which “depicted adults sexually assaulting younger youngsters.”
He apparently despatched these images to an undercover cop, posing as the daddy of a nine-year-old boy, who Inman had expressed curiosity in sexually assaulting.
He then tried to delete the proof as FBI brokers searched his residence, and he hid within the attic, in keeping with the criticism.
Inman is charged with transportation of kid intercourse abuse materials, which carries a minimal of 5 years in federal jail. If discovered responsible, he might serve as much as 20 years.
Orlando, Florida – United States Lawyer Roger B. Handberg broadcasts the arrest and submitting of a legal criticism charging Matthew A. Inman (39, Orlando) with transportation of kid intercourse abuse materials. If convicted, Inman faces a minimal penalty of 5 years, as much as 20 years, in federal jail.
In accordance with the criticism, between August and October of 2024, Inman obtained and saved a number of movies of kid sexual abuse materials (CSAM) to his cellphone. These movies depicted adults sexually assaulting younger youngsters. In October 2024, Inman traveled to Las Vegas and started speaking on-line with an undercover regulation enforcement officer posing as the daddy of a 9-year-old boy. Throughout this dialog, Inman expressed curiosity in assembly and sexually assaulting the purported baby. He additionally despatched CSAM movies to the undercover officer.
The FBI obtained a search warrant for Inman’s digital gadgets and residence. In the course of the execution of the search warrant, Inman tried to delete the proof from his cellphone and conceal within the attic of his home.
A legal criticism is merely a proper cost {that a} defendant has dedicated a number of violations of federal legal regulation, and each defendant is presumed harmless except, and till, confirmed responsible.
This case was investigated by the FBI. It’s being prosecuted by Assistant United States Lawyer Richard Varadan.
This case was introduced as a part of Challenge Protected Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Might 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Workplaces and the Legal Division’s Little one Exploitation and Obscenity Part (CEOS), Challenge Protected Childhood marshals federal, state, and native assets to find, apprehend, and prosecute people who sexually exploit youngsters, and to establish and rescue victims. For extra details about Challenge Protected Childhood, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.
