With the Help of SDICAC Agents US Marshals Arrest Fugitive Sex Offender
By Debbi Baker, Sign On San Diego, Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 8:20 a.m.
After San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children found more than 2,400 images of child pornography, an Oceanside man who fled to Kentucky is taken into custody. Sign On San Diego has the full story.
OCEANSIDE — A registered sex offender from Oceanside who fled California after being accused of having thousands of images of child pornography on his computer has been arrested in Kentucky, authorities said Tuesday.
Agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, including San Diego police officers and U.S. marshals, tracked Michael Galyen, 50, to his parent’s home in Berea, Ky., said Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo.
Galyen was taken into custody Thursday without incident when he came outside to get the mail, Castillo said.
Authorities were alerted about Galyen in September 2009 after the social networking site MySpace reported that images of possible child pornography were uploaded to an account registered to him, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
Investigators found that Galyen had uploaded at least six photos of a girl approximately 11 to 13 years old engaged in lewd poses, the complaint said.
Thanks to the hard work of San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children and the US Marshals Service a fugitive sex offender is behind bars.
