Man going through security accidentally shows child porn on his phone

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A New Orleans man faces a federal charge after he tried to silence his phone during a security check at the Social Security Administration offices -- causing his cellphone to light up, revealing a pornographic image of a child. Charles F. Hall, 60, of New Orleans, was indicted Thursday (May 10) for possession of child pornography.

The case against Hall began April 12, when Hall entered the Social Security Administration's offices on the fifth floor of a building in the 400 block of Poydras Street.

The offices, under the jurisdiction of the Federal Protective Service, screens all visitors for weapons and explosives. As part of the screening process, Hall was told to take all metal items out of his pockets before passing through the magnetometer. When Hall took a cellphone out of his pocket, the security officers asked him to silence the phone while he was in the offices. When Hall accessed his phone to silence it, the screen lit up and "displayed an image depicting the sexual victimization of a prepubescent child," according to a news release from Evans' office.

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