A State Grand Jury has indicted John Christopher Spero and Edward Clarence Elder separately, both on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of minors, announced the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
Both cases were investigated in conjunction with the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Spero was indicted with ten counts of the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. These charges arose from an anonymous online tip regarding images and videos stored in a Yahoo email account owned by Spero. The anonymous online tip further alleged that the images and videos depicted the sexual exploitation of minors, which prompted law enforcement to launch an investigation. Spero was formerly employed as a nurse in the Valley.
Elder was indicted with ten counts of the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. These charges arose from an anonymous online tip regarding photos posted to an online photo-sharing website, Flickr. The anonymous tip alleged that the photos depicted the sexual exploitation of minors.