A firefighter in Fond du Lac has been arrested on child porn charges.
50-year-old Edgar Ramirez-Tellez has been charged with 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography and had his bail set at $500,000 cash yesterday (August 8th) in Fond du Lac County Court.
The Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation received a cyber tip about child porn being viewed through social media accounts linked to Ramirez-Tellez.
When he was questioned, Ramirez-Tellez reportedly admitted to seeing the pictures and videos on his phone which included children as young as 1 or 2.
The police report also noted that he told police he was “thankful” they caught him because “he may have never stopped seeking out the inappropriate content of children.”
Ramirez-Tellez, who had been a well-respected firefighter with the Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department for 18 and a half years, has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case.
He is due back in court on October 26th.
