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TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Pensacola man has been arrested on charges of possessing and promoting child pornography. Michael Whaley was taken into custody today by law enforcement with the Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit and the U.S. Marshall Service’s Fugitive Task Force.

A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Cyber TipLine indicated Whaley, 34, had placed images of child pornography on a photo-sharing website. Investigators executed a search warrant at Whaley’s house in May and seized four computers as well as over 200 CDs and DVDs. Whaley admitted to possessing and uploading the images found on the photo-sharing site, some of which were of children no older than two years of age. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the execution of the search warrant.

Whaley is currently being charged with one count of promoting the sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony, and two counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony. He is being held at the Escambia County Jail.