Posted: 9:18 p.m. Thursday, May 3, 2012
Youth minister arrested on sexual exploitation of children charges
By Lauren Rozyla
El PASO, TX —
FBI agents along with the El Paso police department arrested a church business manager on Tuesday on charges of sexually exploiting children.
According to a criminal complaint, FBI agents and El Paso police officers executed a search warrant at the home of Joe Tapia III on Tuesday morning.
The complaint said that Tapia told FBI agents that he had received batches of child pornography from a man on an internet chat. Tapia stated that there were 3 separate incidents that showed where Tapia took video and still pictures of 3 individuals of teens who were changing during church performances.
Tapia is due in court Friday morning at 9:30. A judge denied him bond.
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