Aurora police charge sex offender with child pornography possession

Aurora police said Friday that a 32-year-old registered sex offender has been arrested on child pornography and other felony charges following a 2½ month investigation that began when Google notified police.

Harry Joslin, of the 200 block of East Galena Boulevard, is charged with a single count of possession of child pornography depicting a child under 13 while having a previous conviction for child pornography.

He also faces three counts of possession of child pornography depicting a child under 18, one count of violation of sex offender registration and one count of a sex offender communicating with believed minors online, according to police.

Police said the investigation began around Feb. 14, when Google told police that, based on his online activity, one of its users was in possession of child pornography.

Police executed several search warrants that revealed Joslin allegedly had child pornography online and on his cellphone and created and maintained email, Snapchat and Twitter accounts, all of which were absent from the Sex Offender Registration Form he filed with Aurora police.

They also found evidence indicating he was communicating online with persons he believed to be under 18.

Joslin is being held at the Kane County jail.