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Strange story was covered on the local Cleveland News this weekend. The story was relayed to me about this cell phone in the lost and found at a west side Home Depot. From what I understand, the first reports were quite a bit more detailed than what has been reported on Monday.<br><br>Here are the only reports I've been able to dig up on the internet.<br><br>this NewsNet5 piece was also run word for word on the MSNBC site.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Cell Phone With Sexual Photos Found At Home Depot</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Police Say Pictures Show Juvenile<br><br>UPDATED: 8:51 am EST November 13, 2005<br><br>CLEVELAND -- <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>A misplaced cell phone is the center of an investigation, NewsChannel5 reported. <br><br><br>Cleveland police said a phone with disturbing pictures on it was discovered at the Home Depot on West 117th Street and Berea Road on Friday. <br><br>Officials said the phone contains sexual photos involving a juvenile. <br><br>Police haven't said what charges, if any, the owner could face.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5315032/detail.html">www.newsnet5.com/news/531...etail.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>There was also another account, more detailed... but still less than the first reports shown on TV.<br><br>It was also buried in the Law and Order section of the Plain Dealer and not very easy to find.....<br><br>From The Plain Dealer <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1131969380142010.xml?nxlaw&coll=2#continue">www.cleveland.com/search/...2#continue</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Law and Order</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><br><br>Monday, November 14, 2005<br><br><br><br>CLEVELAND <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Police probe lost cell phone</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Cleveland police will seek a warrant today to search the contents of a cell phone reportedly <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>showing a man and a girl performing illicit sex</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. A worker at the Home Depot in Berea discovered the phone Friday morning in the company's lost-and- found section and came across the pictures, Cleveland Police Sgt. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Dan Galmarini</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> said. Galmarini said the cell phone was confiscated and turned over to detectives in the Sex Crimes Unit.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Ok so that's all I could find in print....problem is... the police were downplaying this today, saying they didn't know if charges could be brought. <br><br>So, now back to that early report over the weekend....They had a longer report that said ... It was acually a camera phone...and that <br>the images were of a man having sex with an <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>8 year old girl</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>among many other images....and here's the kicker....they said <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>the man was Government or the phone was traced back to a person in Government</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->... that's the part of the story that got dissapeared real quick.<br><br>I wonder if the Home Depot worker saved the serial # from that phone before turning it over? <p></p><i></i>

Contact the guy at Home Depot, tell him you're a journalist. <p></p><i></i>

do places like Home Depot check their lost and found every day? how long do cell-phone charges last? i mean, the articles say the employee "discovered" the phone, not that it was handed to them right then. how did it get in the lost and found? seems like it would have been looked at right away, if it was ever handed to an employee. just wondering about the whole thing. weird, and awful. <p></p><i></i>

Here's another-notice how the stories have mixed details<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Woman Finds Cell Phone With Child Porn</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=47436">www.firstcoastnews.com/ne...ryid=47436</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br><br>CLEVELAND, OH -- A cell phone found in a Cleveland parking is said to contain pictures of child pornography. <br>A worker at a Home Depot in <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>found the phone in the parking lot</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> last week. When she tried to find the owner by activating the phone, she claims she found child porn - <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>and the phone numbers of city officials</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. <br>Cleveland police will examine the phone. <p></p><i></i>

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr> she claims she found child porn - and the phone numbers of city officials.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <br><br>Careful of a frame-up. Steal phone, insert pictures. <p></p><i></i>

...from my ex-boyfriend's house--and he works for the city of Cleveland and has for 25 years!<br><br>Dammit, too bad he's not speaking to me or I'd pick his brain on this one. <br><br>Cleveland has always had a dirty, corrupt city government, regardless of who was in office; you name it, it went on there--but I've never heard of anything related to pedophilia. <p></p><i></i>

Computers, Camera Taken From Owner Of Porn Phone's Home<br>Arrest Warrant Issued For Pandering Obscenities<br><br>UPDATED: 7:32 pm EST November 22, 2005<br><br>CLEVELAND -- An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for the owner of cell phone found at Home Depot earlier this month. <br><br>Cleveland police said the phone, found Nov. 11 at the West 117th Street Home Depot, contained pictures of child pornography, NewsChannel5 reported. <br><br>Officers want to speak with <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Larry M. Pratt</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, the owner of the phone, but have not been able to locate him after checking his three Cleveland properties. <br><br>Pratt is wanted on a warrant for pandering obscenities involving a minor, a second-degree felony.<br><br>The Sex Crime and Child Abuse Unit executed three warrants since Friday searching for evidence.<br><br>Investigators confiscated 10 computer towers from Pratt's properties, and NewsChannel5 sources confirmed that a bedroom camera was also taken from his rental house on Guthrie Road.<br><br>Next-door neighbor Roy Rose said he's not surprised, saying that Pratt had a video camera he used to tape people on the street outside the home.<br><br>Police said Pratt's Madison home was just listed as a hostel, which offers discount rooms for travelers passing through Cleveland.<br><br>Police said a Google search of Pratt's address shows the house listed on Hostelz.com, and that those renting are welcome to bring their children. <br><br>Anyone with information about Pratt's whereabouts should contact Crime Stoppers at (216) 252-7463. <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5382799/detail.html" target="top">www.newsnet5.com/news/5382799/detail.html</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

Thanks for the update Nonny... here's another...they're still being relatively quite about this...<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5397016/detail.html">www.newsnet5.com/news/539...etail.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Owner Of Phone Found Containing Child Porn Arrested</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Police Confiscate Computers From Man's Property<br><br>UPDATED: 9:17 am EST November 24, 2005<br><br>TOLEDO, Ohio -- Toledo police have arrested the owner of a cell phone found containing picutres of child pornography. <br><br><br>Officers picked up Larry Pratt Wednesday night, NewsChannel5 reported. <br><br>A warrant was issued earlier this week for Pratt after his phone was found Nov. 11 at the Home Depot on West 117th Street and Berea Road in Cleveland. <br><br>Investigators confiscated 10 computer towers from Pratt's properties Tuesday, and NewsChannel5 sources confirmed that a bedroom camera was also taken from his rental house on Guthrie Road. <br><br>Pratt faces charges of pandering obscenities involving a minor, a second-degree felony. <br><br>He is awaiting an extradiction hearing to find out when he'll be brought back to Cleveland.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>and this</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/crime/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/113282482662540.xml&coll=2">www.cleveland.com/crime/p...xml&coll=2</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Cell phone owner arrested <br><br>U.S. marshals arrested Larry M. Pratt, 52, of Cleveland, Wednesday night at a relative's house. Police secured a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of pandering obscenity involving a minor - a crime carrying a prison sentence of eight years and a fine of $15,000. Pratt is the owner of a cell phone found two weeks ago at a Home Depot in Cleveland, police said. The phone contains an image of a man having sex with a minor, police said. U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott said tips led marshals to the relative's home, near Toledo, around 7 p.m. He said Pratt did not resist arrest and will be sent to Cleveland next week. Wednesday night, Pratt was in Lucas County Jail, Elliott said. <br><br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=onoi812>OnoI812</A> at: 11/28/05 7:42 am<br></i>

Nonny- I think this is the listing to mr Pratt's houses on Hostelz.com...<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hostelz.com/reservations.php?id=42848">www.hostelz.com/reservati...p?id=42848</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>see that pic....that woman is <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>MAYOR JANE CAMPBELL</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>she was just defeated in this months election...<br><br>I wonder if thats what they mean by "city officials"...It doesn't get more official than that... <p></p><i></i>

Bond set for owner of cell phone with child porn<br><br>Created: 12/2/2005 5:43:44 PM<br>Updated:12/2/2005 5:43:56 PM<br><br>CLEVELAND -- The man accused of having child porn on his cell phone won't be going anywhere soon.<br>Larry Pratt was arraigned on charges of pandering obscenity.<br><br>The judge says Pratt is a flight risk and set his bond at $250,000.<br><br>Pratt was arrested last week in Toledo after police searched his Cleveland home.<br><br>A customer in a store parking lot found Pratt's phone and police say they found images of child porn onto it.<br>WKYC-TV<br>------------------------------------------------<br><br>Owner of cell phone with child porn faces 81 counts<br><br>Created: 12/13/2005 10:03:27 AM<br>Updated:12/13/2005 12:34:01 PM<br>CLEVELAND -- The man accused of having child porn on his cell phone faces 81 charges.<br><br>Larry Pratt will be arraigned Wednesday in a county courtroom on 81 charges, including many counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor.<br><br>A customer in a store parking lot found Pratt's phone and police say they found images of child porn onto it.<br><br>Pratt was arrested in November in Toledo after police searched his Cleveland home.<br>WKYC-TV <p></p><i></i>

I think you are right Ono, looks like Jane Campbell to me.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.hostelspoint.com/photos/003690-1131316540.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>